$ fio
--debug Enable some debugging options (see below)
--output Write output to file
- --runtime Runtime in seconds
+ --timeout Runtime in seconds
--latency-log Generate per-job latency logs
--bandwidth-log Generate per-job bandwidth logs
--minimal Minimal (terse) output
--help Print this page
--cmdhelp=cmd Print command help, "all" for all of them
--showcmd Turn a job file into command line options
- --readonly Turn on safety read-only checks
+ --readonly Turn on safety read-only checks, preventing writes
--eta=when When ETA estimate should be printed
May be "always", "never" or "auto"
+ --section=name Only run specified section in job file
Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files,
You can specify as many as you want, eg --debug=file,mem will enable
file and memory debugging.
+The section switch is meant to make it easier to ship a bigger job file
+instead of several smaller ones. Say you define a job file with light,
+moderate, and heavy parts. Then you can ask fio to run the given part
+only by giving it a --section=heavy command line option. The section
+option only applies to job sections, the reserved 'global' section is
+always parsed and taken into account.
+
Job file
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