[PATCH v11 07/24] perf config: Document variables for 'help' section in man page
From: Taeung Song
Date: Tue Nov 17 2015 - 13:31:22 EST
Explain 'help.format' and 'help.autocorrect' variables.
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index bfbeb34..88e9b88 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -242,6 +242,27 @@ annotate.*::
│1 1382: movb $0x1,-0x270(%rbp)
+help.*::
+ help.format:: = man
+ A format of manual page can be 'man', 'info', 'web' or 'html'.
+ 'man' is default.
+ help.autocorrect:: = 0
+ Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
+ waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec).
+ Let's see a example. If a mistyped sub-command is executed like 'perf mistyped-command'
+ and this option is 0, the output is as below.
+
+ perf: 'mistyped-command' is not a perf-command. See 'perf --help'.
+
+ Or if this option is more than 1, the output can be such as.
+
+ WARNING: You called a perf program named 'mistyped-command', which does not exist.
+ Continuing under the assumption that you meant 'with-kcore'
+ in 0.1 seconds automatically...
+ Usage: perf-with-kcore <perf sub-command> <perf.data directory> [<sub-command options> [ -- <workload>]]
+ <perf sub-command> can be record, script, report or inject
+ or: perf-with-kcore fix_buildid_cache_permissions
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf[1]
--
1.9.1
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