fio: add multi directory support

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 2320ba341fc5efdf839afb350981f185a3906327..1f3f4dd6b39af7241827fba2a918977af5ae2560 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ otherwise has no special purpose.
 .BI directory \fR=\fPstr
 Prefix filenames with this directory.  Used to place files in a location other
 than `./'.
+You can specify a number of directories by separating the names with a ':'
+character. These directories will be assigned equally distributed to job clones
+creates with \fInumjobs\fR as long as they are using generated filenames.
+If specific \fIfilename(s)\fR are set fio will use the first listed directory,
+and thereby matching the  \fIfilename\fR semantic which generates a file each
+clone if not specified, but let all clones use the same if set.
 .TP
 .BI filename \fR=\fPstr
 .B fio