From: Richard W.M. Jones Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:07:50 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add better examples to the manual page. X-Git-Tag: 0.7.0~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cfc76a6b38e225b96e5e53afbd511038c3e5bf05;p=whenjobs.git Add better examples to the manual page. --- diff --git a/tools/whenjobs.pod b/tools/whenjobs.pod index 85da381..0d1204a 100644 --- a/tools/whenjobs.pod +++ b/tools/whenjobs.pod @@ -79,12 +79,41 @@ Variables are stored (per-user) in the daemon. You can use the command line tool to examine and set variables: $ whenjobs --variables - load=0.9 + JOBSERIAL=297 + libguestfs_build_local=1.17.16 + libguestfs_commit=7e32d892d76a31f55e2a4151902623b9949e3efa + libguestfs_dist=1.17.16 + libguestfs_release=1.17.16 + libguestfs_stable_build_local=1.16.10 + libguestfs_stable_commit=27433a0a335301441b1eb6244ba425c2c44b2d99 + libguestfs_stable_dist=1.16.10 + libguestfs_stable_release=1.16.10 + libguestfs_stable_version=1.16.10 + libguestfs_version=1.17.16 $ whenjobs --set cat=sushi $ whenjobs --get cat sushi -The act of setting a variable (using I<--set>) can trigger jobs to run. +Note: The act of setting a variable (using I<--set>) can trigger jobs +to run. + +You can also list out what jobs are running: + + $ whenjobs --jobs + 287 libguestfs-stable: fedora 16 + running in: /tmp/whenjobsa2afc44fd757465f95438309f1a51609 + started at: 2012-03-13 10:59:37 + +and you can 'tail' the output of running jobs which is useful for +debugging: + + $ whenjobs --tail 287 + Uploading: 147496271972717053d46b82a07435ca libguestfs-1.16.10.tar.gz + +You can start and cancel jobs manually: + + $ whenjobs --start 'libguestfs: poll' + $ whenjobs --cancel 287 =head1 OPTIONS