add working cdist manpage

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
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Nico Schottelius 2011-09-12 11:18:18 +02:00
parent 1742936dc9
commit b470a47b15
2 changed files with 22 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
help='Operate on multiple hosts in parallel',
action='store_true', dest='parallel')
parser.add_argument('-s', '--sequential',
help='Operate on multiple hosts sequentially',
help='Operate on multiple hosts sequentially (default)',
action='store_false', dest='parallel')
parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', help='Show version',
action='version', version='%(prog)s ' + VERSION)

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@ -23,11 +23,24 @@ OPTIONS
-h, --help::
Show the help screen
-b, --banner::
Show cdist banner
-c CDIST_HOME, --cdist-home CDIST_HOME::
Instead of using the parent of the bin directory as cdist home,
use the specified directory
-d, --debug::
Enable debug output
-i MANIFEST, --initial-manifest MANIFEST::
Path to a cdist manifest or - to read from stdin
-p, --parallel::
Parallelise backup processes
Operate on multiple hosts in parallel
-s, --sequential::
Operate on multiple hosts sequentially
-V, --version::
Show version and exit
@ -40,16 +53,15 @@ EXAMPLES
# Configure ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled
cdist -d ikq05.ethz.ch
__motd
# Configure hosts in parallel and use a different home directory
cdist -c ~/p/cdist-nutzung -p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
# Does not need a comment, plain works
cdist --banner
cdist --help
cdist --version
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In both cases, cdist-type-emulator is called instead of a real type.
In the first case, the object id "/tmp/linetest" is recorded and the
parameter "line" stored with the content "test".
In the second case, __motd must be decleared as a singleton, as the
object id is missing.
SEE ALSO
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