.B \-\-minimal
Print statistics in a terse, semicolon-delimited format.
.TP
+.B \-\-append-terse
+Print statistics in selected mode AND terse, semicolon-delimited format.
+.TP
.B \-\-version
Display version information and exit.
.TP
.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
running, without terminating the job. To do that, send fio the \fBUSR1\fR
signal.
.SH TERSE OUTPUT
-If the \fB\-\-minimal\fR option is given, the results will be printed in a
-semicolon-delimited format suitable for scripted use - a job description
-(if provided) follows on a new line. Note that the first
+If the \fB\-\-minimal\fR / \fB\-\-append-terse\fR options are given, the
+results will be printed/appended in a semicolon-delimited format suitable for
+scripted use.
+A job description (if provided) follows on a new line. Note that the first
number in the line is the version number. If the output has to be changed
for some reason, this number will be incremented by 1 to signify that
change. The fields are: