You can specify a number of files by separating the names with a ':' character.
See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':'
characters within the file names. These files will be sequentially assigned to
-job clones created by \fBnumjobs\fR.
+job clones created by \fBnumjobs\fR. '-' is a reserved name, meaning read from
+stdin, notably if \fBfilename\fR is set to '-' which means stdin as well,
+then this flag can't be set to '-'.
.TP
.BI read_iolog_chunked \fR=\fPbool
Determines how iolog is read. If false (default) entire \fBread_iolog\fR will
Wait for preceding jobs in the job file to exit, before starting this
one. Can be used to insert serialization points in the job file. A stone
wall also implies starting a new reporting group, see
-\fBgroup_reporting\fR.
+\fBgroup_reporting\fR. Optionally you can use `stonewall=0` to disable or
+`stonewall=1` to enable it.
.TP
.BI exitall
By default, fio will continue running all other jobs when one job finishes.
make fio terminate all jobs in the same group, as soon as one job of that
group finishes.
.TP
-.BI exit_what
+.BI exit_what \fR=\fPstr
By default, fio will continue running all other jobs when one job finishes.
-Sometimes this is not the desired action. Setting \fBexit_all\fR will instead
+Sometimes this is not the desired action. Setting \fBexitall\fR will instead
make fio terminate all jobs in the same group. The option \fBexit_what\fR
-allows to control which jobs get terminated when \fBexitall\fR is enabled. The
-default is \fBgroup\fR and does not change the behaviour of \fBexitall\fR. The
-setting \fBall\fR terminates all jobs. The setting \fBstonewall\fR terminates
-all currently running jobs across all groups and continues execution with the
-next stonewalled group.
+allows you to control which jobs get terminated when \fBexitall\fR is enabled.
+The default value is \fBgroup\fR.
+The allowed values are:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.B all
+terminates all jobs.
+.TP
+.B group
+is the default and does not change the behaviour of \fBexitall\fR.
+.TP
+.B stonewall
+terminates all currently running jobs across all groups and continues
+execution with the next stonewalled group.
+.RE
+.RE
.TP
.BI exec_prerun \fR=\fPstr
Before running this job, issue the command specified through