document tabdump -n

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linggao 2013-08-01 12:18:16 -04:00
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@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ B<tabdump> [I<table>]
B<tabdump> [I<-f> I<filename>] [I<table>]
B<tabdump> [I<-n> I<# of records>] [I<auditlog | eventlog>]
B<tabdump> [I<-w> I<attr>==I<val>] [B<-w> I<attr>=~I<val>] ...] [I<table>]
B<tabdump> [I<-w> I<attr>==I<val>] [B<-w> I<attr>=~I<val>] ...] [I<-f> I<filename>] [I<table>]
@ -38,6 +40,15 @@ Display usage message.
Show descriptions of the tables, instead of the contents of the tables. If a table name is also specified, descriptions of the columns (attributes) of the table will be displayed. Otherwise, a summary of each table will be displayed.
=item B<-n>
Shows the most recent number of entries as supplied on the -n flag from the auditlog or eventlog table.
=item B<-f>
File name or path to file in which to dump the table. Without this the table is dumped
to stdout. Using the -f flag allows the table to be dumped one record at a time. If tables are very large, dumping to stdout can cause problems such as running out of memory.
=item B<-w> I<'attr==val'> B<-w> I<'attr=~val'> ...
Use one or multiple -w flags to specify the selection string that can be used to select particular rows of the table. See examples.
@ -54,11 +65,6 @@ Operator descriptions:
!~ Select nodes where the attribute value matches the SQL NOT LIKE value.
=item B<-f>
File name or path to file in which to dump the table. Without this the table is dumped
to stdout. Using the -f flag allows the table to be dumped one record at a time. If tables are very large, dumping to stdout can cause problems such as running out of memory.
=back
=head1 RETURN VALUE
@ -111,6 +117,12 @@ tabdump -w 'audittime>2011-04-18 11:30:00' auditlog
=item *
To display the 10 most recent entries in the auditlog:
tabdump -n 10 auditlog
=item *
To see what tables exist in the xCAT database:
B<tabdump>