Add a warning about the file open mode used when per_job_logs is set to
false. Log files are opened in append mode, so if the files already
exist, the previous contents will not be overwritten.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Fu <vincent.fu@samsung.com>
.. option:: per_job_logs=bool
- If set, this generates bw/clat/iops log with per file private filenames. If
- not set, jobs with identical names will share the log filename. Default:
- true.
+ If set to true, fio generates bw/clat/iops logs with per job unique
+ filenames. If set to false, jobs with identical names will share a log
+ filename. Note that when this option is set to false log files will be
+ opened in append mode and if log files already exist the previous
+ contents will not be overwritten. Default: true.
.. option:: group_reporting
.SS "Measurements and reporting"
.TP
.BI per_job_logs \fR=\fPbool
-If set, this generates bw/clat/iops log with per file private filenames. If
-not set, jobs with identical names will share the log filename. Default:
+If set to true, fio generates bw/clat/iops logs with per job unique filenames.
+If set to false, jobs with identical names will share a log filename. Note that
+when this option is set to false log files will be opened in append mode and if
+log files already exist the previous contents will not be overwritten. Default:
true.
.TP
.BI group_reporting