Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Force a full status dump of cumulative (from job start) values at `time`
intervals. This option does *not* provide per-period measurements. So
values such as bandwidth are running averages. When the time unit is omitted,
Force a full status dump of cumulative (from job start) values at `time`
intervals. This option does *not* provide per-period measurements. So
values such as bandwidth are running averages. When the time unit is omitted,
- `time` is interpreted in seconds.
+ `time` is interpreted in seconds. Note that using this option with
+ ``--output-format=json`` will yield output that technically isn't valid
+ json, since the output will be collated sets of valid json. It will need
+ to be split into valid sets of json after the run.
.. option:: --section=name
.. option:: --section=name
Force a full status dump of cumulative (from job start) values at \fItime\fR
intervals. This option does *not* provide per-period measurements. So
values such as bandwidth are running averages. When the time unit is omitted,
Force a full status dump of cumulative (from job start) values at \fItime\fR
intervals. This option does *not* provide per-period measurements. So
values such as bandwidth are running averages. When the time unit is omitted,
-\fItime\fR is interpreted in seconds.
+\fItime\fR is interpreted in seconds. Note that using this option with
+`\-\-output-format=json' will yield output that technically isn't valid json,
+since the output will be collated sets of valid json. It will need to be split
+into valid sets of json after the run.
.TP
.BI \-\-section \fR=\fPname
Only run specified section \fIname\fR in job file. Multiple sections can be specified.
.TP
.BI \-\-section \fR=\fPname
Only run specified section \fIname\fR in job file. Multiple sections can be specified.