nr_files conflict with filename

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
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@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ filename=str       Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
                files between threads in a job or several jobs, specify
                a filename for each of them to override the default. If
                the ioengine used is 'net', the filename is the host and
-               port to connect to in the format of =host:port.
+               port to connect to in the format of =host/port. If the
+               ioengine is file based, you can specify a number of files
+               by seperating the names with a ':' colon. So if you wanted
+               a job to open /dev/sda and /dev/sdb as the two working files,
+               you would use filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb
 
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are:
 
@@ -265,6 +269,11 @@ file_service_type=str  Defines how fio decides which file from a job to
                        roundrobin  Round robin over open files. This
                                is the default.
 
+               The string can have a number appended, indicating how
+               often to switch to a new file. So if option random:4 is
+               given, fio will switch to a new random file after 4 ios
+               have been issued.
+
 ioengine=str   Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following
                types are defined:
 
@@ -297,7 +306,7 @@ ioengine=str        Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following
 
                        net     Transfer over the network to given host:port.
                                'filename' must be set appropriately to
-                               filename=host:port regardless of send
+                               filename=host/port regardless of send
                                or receive, if the latter only the port
                                argument is used.