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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-05-09 10:29:51 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-05-10 09:10:16 -0700
commit6d5abe94343a5c5e8f00efe2871d9825091024eb (patch)
tree13d7aae0a2d19e8acf3bca876f3d894f2ad312d5 /utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
parentdaa8bd2bf878640556195016df8c5ea2f812f9cc (diff)
ovs-vsctl: Issue warning for likely erroneous "get" commands.
Suggested-by: Reid Price <reid@nicira.com> Feature #5527.
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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
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+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ For a map column, without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR it is an error if
If \fB@\fIname\fR is specified, then the UUID for \fIrecord\fR may be
referred to by that name later in the same \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.
+.IP
+Both \fB\-\-id\fR and the \fIcolumn\fR arguments are optional, but
+usually at least one or the other should be specified. If both are
+omitted, then \fBget\fR has no effect except to verify that
+\fIrecord\fR exists in \fItable\fR.
.
.IP "\fBset \fItable record column\fR[\fB:\fIkey\fR]\fB=\fIvalue\fR..."
Sets the value of each specified \fIcolumn\fR in the given