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diff --git a/doc/glusterfs.8 b/doc/glusterfs.8 index 278c54504e2..cb030a9e2c0 100644 --- a/doc/glusterfs.8 +++ b/doc/glusterfs.8 @@ -17,107 +17,100 @@ .\" .\" .\" -.TH GlusterFS 8 "Cluster Filesystem" "19 March 2010" "Gluster Inc." +.TH GlusterFS 8 "Clustered File System" "07 March 2011" "Gluster Inc." .SH NAME -GlusterFS \- Clustered Filesystem. +GlusterFS \- clustered file system .SH SYNOPSIS .B glusterfs .I [options] [mountpoint] .PP .SH DESCRIPTION -GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. -It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP +GlusterFS is a clustered file system, capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. +It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP and interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can -be made of any commodity hardware such as x86-64 server with SATA-II RAID and +be made of any commodity hardware, such as x86-64 server with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA. -GlusterFS is fully POSIX compliant FileSystem. On client side, it has dependency -on FUSE package, on server side, it works seemlessly on different OSes. -(Currently supported on GNU/Linux, Solaris). +GlusterFS is fully POSIX compliant file system. On client side, it has dependency +on FUSE package, on server side, it works seemlessly on different operating systems. Currently supported on GNU/Linux and Solaris. .SH OPTIONS -.PP -Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional -for any corresponding short options. + .SS "Basic options" .PP .TP - \fB\-f, \fB\-\-volfile=VOLUME-FILE\fR -File to use as VOLUME-FILE [default:/etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol] +File to use as VOLUME-FILE (the default is /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol). .TP \fB\-l, \fB\-\-log\-file=LOGFILE\fR -File to use for logging [default:/var/log/glusterfs/glusterfs.log] +File to use for logging. .TP \fB\-L, \fB\-\-log\-level=LOGLEVEL\fR -Logging severity. Valid options are TRACE, DEBUG, NORMAL, WARNING, ERROR and -CRITICAL [default: WARNING] +Logging severity. Valid options are TRACE, DEBUG, NORMAL, WARNING, ERROR and CRITICAL (the default is WARNING). .TP \fB\-s, \fB\-\-volfile\-server=SERVER\fR -Server to get the volume from. This option overrides \fB\-\-volfile option +Server to get the volume from. This option overrides \fB\-\-volfile \fR option. .SS "Advanced options" .PP .TP - \fB\-\-debug\fR -Run in debug mode. This option sets \fB\-\-no\-daemon\fR, \fB\-\-log\-level\fR to DEBUG -and \fB\-\-log\-file\fR to console +Run in debug mode. This option sets \fB\-\-no\-daemon\fR, \fB\-\-log\-level\fR to DEBUG, +and \fB\-\-log\-file\fR to console. .TP \fB\-N, \fB\-\-no\-daemon\fR -Run in foreground +Run in the foreground. .TP \fB\-\-read\-only\fR -Makes the filesystem read-only +Make the file system read-only. .TP \fB\-p, \fB\-\-pid\-file=PIDFILE\fR -File to use as pid file +File to use as PID file. .TP \fB\-\-volfile\-id=KEY\fR -KEY of the volume file to be fetched from server +Key of the volume file to be fetched from the server. .TP \fB\-\-volfile\-server\-port=PORT\fR -Port number of volfile server +Port number of volfile server. .TP \fB\-\-volfile\-server\-transport=TRANSPORT\fR -Transport type to get volume file from server [default: socket] +Transport type to get volume file from server (the deafult is socket). .TP \fB\-\-volume\-name=VOLUME\-NAME\fR -Volume name to be used for MOUNT-POINT [default: top most volume in -VOLUME-FILE] +Volume name to be used for MOUNT-POINT (the default is top most volume in VOLUME-FILE). .TP \fB\-\-xlator\-option=VOLUME\-NAME.OPTION=VALUE\fR -Add/override a translator option for a volume with the specified value +Add/Override a translator option for a volume with the specified value. .SS "Fuse options" .PP .TP \fB\-\-attribute\-timeout=SECONDS\fR -Set attribute timeout to SECONDS for inodes in fuse kernel module [default: 1] +Set attribute timeout to SECONDS for inodes in fuse kernel module (the default is 1). .TP \fB\-\-entry\-timeout=SECONDS\fR -Set entry timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module [default: 1] +Set entry timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module (the default is 1). .TP \fB\-\-direct\-io\-mode=BOOL\fR -Enable/Disable direct-io mode in fuse module [default: enable] +Enable/Disable the direct-I/O mode in fuse module (the default is enable). .SS "Miscellaneous Options" .PP .TP \fB\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR -Give this help list +Display this help. .TP -\fB\-\-usage\fR -Give a short usage message +\fB\-\-usage\fReew +Display a short usage message. .TP \fB\-V, \fB\-\-version\fR -Print program version +Print the program version. .PP .SH FILES -/etc/glusterfs/*.vol +/etc/glusterfs/*.vol, /etc/glusterd/vols/*/*.vol .SH SEE ALSO .nf |