Support limited mixed command line options and job file

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 2dee56b524728d4bbf6a1b43773ae5989002f104..91f96e028e553a67753ec8aa9672bbd8a066b53e 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ for files at random within the given range, limited to \fBsize\fR in total (if
 that is given). If \fBfilesize\fR is not specified, each created file is the
 same size.
 .TP
+.BI file_append \fR=\fPbool
+Perform IO after the end of the file. Normally fio will operate within the
+size of a file. If this option is set, then fio will append to the file
+instead. This has identical behavior to setting \fRoffset\fP to the size
+of a file. This option is ignored on non-regular files.
+.TP
 .BI blocksize \fR=\fPint[,int] "\fR,\fB bs" \fR=\fPint[,int]
 Block size for I/O units.  Default: 4k.  Values for reads, writes, and trims
 can be specified separately in the format \fIread\fR,\fIwrite\fR,\fItrim\fR
@@ -430,6 +436,8 @@ blocksize setting.
 .TP
 .B zero_buffers
 Initialise buffers with all zeros. Default: fill buffers with random data.
+The resulting IO buffers will not be completely zeroed, unless
+\fPscramble_buffers\fR is also turned off.
 .TP
 .B refill_buffers
 If this option is given, fio will refill the IO buffers on every submit. The