From 8d17e7e2b6912376b1506ec96bae73f93f089f1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lissav <lissav@8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 17:55:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add support for filename on tabdump

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xcat/code/xcat-core/trunk@9571 8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd
---
 xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabdump.8.pod | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabdump.8.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabdump.8.pod
index 9e1ab1505..bcac4eed1 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabdump.8.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabdump.8.pod
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ B<tabdump> [I<-d>] [I<table>]
 
 B<tabdump> [I<table>]
 
+B<tabdump> [I<-f> I<filename>] [I<table>]
+
 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>]
+
 B<tabdump> [I<-v> | I<--version>]
 
 B<tabdump> [I<-?> | I<-h> | I<--help>]
@@ -50,6 +54,11 @@ 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