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| 5 | . IP "\\$1" | |
| 6 | .. | |
| d2cb6c95 | 7 | .TH ovs\-bugtool 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" |
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8 | .\" This program's name: |
| 9 | .ds PN ovs\-bugtool | |
| 10 | . | |
| 11 | .SH NAME | |
| 899d3c2d | 12 | ovs\-bugtool \- Open vSwitch bug reporting utility |
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13 | . |
| 14 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .B ovs\-bugtool | |
| 16 | . | |
| 17 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 18 | Generate a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on this | |
| 899d3c2d | 19 | system and places it in \fB/var/log/ovs-bugtool\fR. |
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20 | . |
| 21 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| 22 | . | |
| 23 | .IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" | |
| 899d3c2d | 24 | Use all available capabilities. |
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25 | . |
| 26 | .IP "\fB\-\-capabilities\fR" | |
| 899d3c2d | 27 | List \fBovs\-bugtool\fR capabilities. |
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28 | . |
| 29 | .IP "\fB\-\-debug\fR" | |
| 899d3c2d | 30 | Print verbose debugging output. |
| 85d32f1f | 31 | . |
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32 | .IP "\fB\-\-entries=\fIlist\fR" |
| 33 | Use the capabilities specified in a comma-separated list. | |
| 85d32f1f | 34 | . |
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35 | .IP "\fB\-\-log\-days=\fIdays\fR" |
| 36 | Include the logs rotated in the previous \fIdays\fR days in the debug bundle. | |
| 37 | The number of log files included has a big impact on the eventual bundle size. | |
| 38 | The default value is 20 days. | |
| 39 | . | |
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40 | .IP "\fB\-\-output=\fIfiletype\fR" |
| 41 | Generate a debug bundle with the specified file type. Options include | |
| 42 | \fBtar\fR, \fBtar.gz\fR, \fBtar.bz2\fR, and \fBzip\fR. | |
| 85d32f1f | 43 | . |
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44 | .IP "\fB\-\-ovs\fR" |
| 45 | Use only Open vSwitch relevant capabilities. | |
| 46 | . | |
| 85d32f1f | 47 | .IP "\fB\-\-silent\fR" |
| 899d3c2d | 48 | Suppress output. |
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49 | . |
| 50 | .IP "\fB\-\-unlimited\fR" | |
| 899d3c2d | 51 | Do not exclude files which are too large. |
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52 | . |
| 53 | .IP "\fB\-\-yestoall\fR" | |
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54 | Answer yes to all prompts. |
| 55 | . | |
| 56 | .SH BUGS | |
| 57 | \fBovs\-bugtool\fR makes many assumptions about file locations and the | |
| 58 | availability of system utilities. It has been tested on Debian and | |
| 59 | Red Hat and derived distributions. On other distributions it is | |
| 60 | likely to be less useful. |