batctl manpage adjustments
Commit Message
Second try, the new format for the vis settings now added.
Cheers, Linus
batctl: adjust "-w" option, vis options and minor layout things
This patch adds documentation for the new way of enabling/disabling
and handling the vis server. It also adds documentation for the change
from "-b" to "-w" in the according options. Furthermore, the sub-option
alignment has been altered in some places.
Signed-Off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
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@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@
otherwise the parameter(s) are added as new interfaces. Use the "none"
keyword to deactivate all interfaces.
.br
-.IP "\fBoriginators\fP|\fBo\fP [\fB\-b\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
-Display the originator table. Once started batctl will refresh the
-displayed originator table every second. The "\-b" option causes the
-table to be displayed only once (useful for scripts). If "\-n" is
+.IP "\fBoriginators\fP|\fBo\fP [\fB\-w\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
+Once started batctl will display the originator table. Use the "\-w"
+option to let batctl refresh the list every second. If "\-n" is
given batctl will not replace the MAC addresses with bat\-host names
in the output.
.br
@@ -73,42 +72,38 @@
.IP "\fBloglevel\fP|\fBll\fP [\fIlevel\fP]"
If no parameter is given the current log level settings are displayed
otherwise the parameter is used to set the log level. Level 0 disables
-all logging. Level 1 enables messages related to routing / flooding /
-broadcasting. Level 2 enables messages related to route or hna added /
-changed / deleted. Level 3 enables all messages. The messages are sent
-to the kernel log. Use \fBdmesg\fP(1) to see them.
+all verbose logging. Level 1 enables messages related to routing / flooding / broadcasting.
+Level 2 enables messages related to route or hna added / changed / deleted.
+Level 3 enables all messages. The messages are sent to the kernel log.
+Use \fBdmesg\fP(1) to see them. Make sure to have debugging output
+enabled when compiling the module otherwise the verbose logging output as
+well as the loglevel options won't be available.
.br
-.IP "\fBlog\fP|\fBl\fP [\fIlogfile\fP][\fB\-b\fP][\fB\-n\fP]\fP"
+.IP "\fBlog\fP|\fBl\fP [\fIlogfile\fP][\fB\-w\fP][\fB\-n\fP]\fP"
batctl will read the file logfile, or stdin if the logfile parameter
is not given, applying filtering so only the B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced
-messages are displayed. Whenever there are new log messages appended
-to the file batctl will display them. The option "\-b" causes batctl
-to exit once the end of the file has been reached. If "\-n" is given
-batctl will not replace the MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the
-output.
+messages are displayed. Once the end of the file has been reached batctl
+will exit unless the option "\-w" was specified which causes batctl to
+continue reading the file and print log output whenever new log data has
+been appended to the file. If "\-n" is given batctl will not replace the
+MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
.br
-.IP "\fBtranslocal\fP|\fBtl\fP [\fB\-b\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
-Display the local translation table. batctl will refresh the
-displayed table every second. The "\-b" option causes the table to be
-displayed only once (useful for scripts). If "\-n" is given batctl
-will not replace the MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
+.IP "\fBtranslocal\fP|\fBtl\fP [\fB\-w\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
+Display the local translation table. Use the "\-w" option to let batctl
+refresh the list every second. If "\-n" is given batctl will not replace
+the MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
.br
-.IP "\fBtransglobal\fP|\fBtg\fP [\fB\-b\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
-Display the global translation table. batctl will refresh the
-displayed table every second. The "\-b" option causes the table to be
-displayed only once (useful for scripts). If "\-n" is given batctl
-will not replace the MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
+.IP "\fBtransglobal\fP|\fBtg\fP [\fB\-w\fP][\fB\-n\fP]"
+Display the global translation table. Use the "\-w" option to let batctl
+refresh the list every second. If "\-n" is given batctl will not replace
+the MAC addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
.br
-.IP "\fBvis dot\fP [\fB\-n\fP|\fB\-\-numbers\fP][\fB\-H\fP|\fB\-\-no-HNA\fP][\fB\-2\fP|\fB\-\-no-2nd\fP]"
-Display the visualisation data in graphviz \fBdot\fP(1) format. If
-"\-\-numbers" or "\-n" is given batctl will not replace the MAC
-addresses with bat-host names in the output. With "\-\-no-HNA" or
-"\-H" the HNA entries are not displayed, so the pure mesh topology can
-be seen. With "\-\-no-2nd" or "\-2" a dot cluster is not formed around
-primary and secondary addresses from the same device.
+.IP "\fBvis_server\fP|\fBvs\fP [\fBenabled\fP|\fBdisabled\fP]"
+If no parameter is given the current vis server setting is displayed.
+Otherwise the parameter is used to enable or disable the vis server.
.br
-.IP "\fBvis json\fP [\fB\-n\fP|\fB\-\-numbers\fP][\fB\-H\fP|\fB\-\-no-HNA\fP][\fB\-2\fP|\fB\-\-no-2nd\fP]"
-Display the visualisation data in JSON format. If "\-\-numbers" or
+.IP "\fBvis_data\fP|\fBvd\fP \fBdot|\fBjson [\fB\-n\fP|\fB\-\-numbers\fP][\fB\-H\fP|\fB\-\-no-HNA\fP][\fB\-2\fP|\fB\-\-no-2nd\fP]"
+Display the visualisation data in \fBdot\fP(1) or JSON format. If "\-\-numbers" or
"\-n" is given batctl will not replace the MAC addresses with bat-host
names in the output. With "\-\-no-HNA" or "\-H" the HNA entries are
not displayed, so the pure mesh topology can be seen. With
@@ -129,14 +124,14 @@
you can set the default interval between pings and the timeout time
for replies, both in seconds.
.br
-.IP "\fBtraceroute\fP|\fBtr\fP [\fB\-n\fP] \fIMAC_address\fP|\fIbat\-host_name\fP"
+.IP "\fBtraceroute\fP|\fBtr\fP [\fB\-n\fP] \fIMAC_address\fP|\fBbat\-host_name\fP"
Layer 2 traceroute to a MAC address or bat\-host name. batctl will try
to find the bat\-host name if the given parameter was not a MAC
address. batctl will send 3 packets to each host and display the
response time. If "\-n" is given batctl will not replace the MAC
addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
.br
-.IP "\fBtcpdump\fP|\fBtd\fP [\fB\-p \fP\fIfilter\fP][\fB\-n\fP] \fIinterface ...\fP"
+.IP "\fBtcpdump\fP|\fBtd\fP [\fB\-p \fP\fIfilter\fP][\fB\-n\fP] \fBinterface ...\fP"
batctl will display all packets that are seen on the given
interface(s). The "\-p" options allows the filtering of certain packet
types: 1 - batman ogm packets, 2 - batman icmp packets, 4 - unicast
@@ -146,7 +141,7 @@
packets only. If "\-n" is given batctl will not replace the MAC
addresses with bat\-host names in the output.
.br
-.IP "\fBbisect\fP [\fB\-l \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-t \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-r \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-s \fP\fImin\fP [\fB\- \fP\fImax\fP]][\fB\-o \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-n\fP] \fIlogfile1\fP [\fIlogfile2\fP ... \fIlogfileN\fP]"
+.IP "\fBbisect\fP [\fB\-l \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-t \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-r \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-s \fP\fImin\fP [\fB\- \fP\fImax\fP]][\fB\-o \fP\fIMAC\fP][\fB\-n\fP] \fIlogfile1\fP [\fIlogfile2\fP ... \fIlogfileN\fP]"
Analyses the logfiles to build a small internal database of all sent
sequence numbers and routing table changes. This database can then be
analyzed in a number of different ways. With "\-l" the database can be