doc: stop saying backslashes need escaping

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 14569e9fb3dfc4d2fee552549da470768f4accfe..cf5dd853dda1b2f0cac3d7ab8776bf5b2ed7cf00 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ set fio will use the first listed directory, and thereby matching the
 specified, but lets all clones use the same file if set).
 .RS
 .P
 specified, but lets all clones use the same file if set).
 .RS
 .P

-See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':' and '\\'
+See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':'

 characters within the directory path itself.
 .P
 Note: To control the directory fio will use for internal state files
 characters within the directory path itself.
 .P
 Note: To control the directory fio will use for internal state files


@@ -557,10 +557,10 @@ by this option will be \fBsize\fR divided by number of files unless an
 explicit size is specified by \fBfilesize\fR.
 .RS
 .P
 explicit size is specified by \fBfilesize\fR.
 .RS
 .P

-Each colon and backslash in the wanted path must be escaped with a '\\'
+Each colon in the wanted path must be escaped with a '\\'

 character. For instance, if the path is `/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c' then you
 would use `filename=/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\\:c' and if the path is
 character. For instance, if the path is `/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c' then you
 would use `filename=/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\\:c' and if the path is

-`F:\\filename' then you would use `filename=F\\:\\\\filename'.
+`F:\\filename' then you would use `filename=F\\:\\filename'.

 .P
 On Windows, disk devices are accessed as `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive0' for
 the first device, `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive1' for the second etc.
 .P
 On Windows, disk devices are accessed as `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive0' for
 the first device, `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive1' for the second etc.


@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ to replay a workload captured by blktrace. See
 replay, the file needs to be turned into a blkparse binary data file first
 (`blkparse <device> \-o /dev/null \-d file_for_fio.bin').
 You can specify a number of files by separating the names with a ':' character.
 replay, the file needs to be turned into a blkparse binary data file first
 (`blkparse <device> \-o /dev/null \-d file_for_fio.bin').
 You can specify a number of files by separating the names with a ':' character.

-See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':' and '\'
+See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':'

 characters within the file names. These files will be sequentially assigned to
 job clones created by \fBnumjobs\fR.
 .TP
 characters within the file names. These files will be sequentially assigned to
 job clones created by \fBnumjobs\fR.
 .TP


@@ -2509,9 +2509,20 @@ wall also implies starting a new reporting group, see
 \fBgroup_reporting\fR.
 .TP
 .BI exitall
 \fBgroup_reporting\fR.
 .TP
 .BI exitall

-By default, fio will continue running all other jobs when one job finishes
-but sometimes this is not the desired action. Setting \fBexitall\fR will
-instead make fio terminate all other jobs when one job finishes.
+By default, fio will continue running all other jobs when one job finishes.
+Sometimes this is not the desired action. Setting \fBexitall\fR will instead
+make fio terminate all jobs in the same group, as soon as one job of that
+group finishes.
+.TP
+.BI exit_what
+By default, fio will continue running all other jobs when one job finishes.
+Sometimes this is not the desired action. Setting \fBexit_all\fR will instead
+make fio terminate all jobs in the same group. The option \fBexit_what\fR
+allows to control which jobs get terminated when \fBexitall\fR is enabled. The
+default is \fBgroup\fR and does not change the behaviour of \fBexitall\fR. The
+setting \fBall\fR terminates all jobs. The setting \fBstonewall\fR terminates
+all currently running jobs across all groups and continues execution with the
+next stonewalled group.

 .TP
 .BI exec_prerun \fR=\fPstr
 Before running this job, issue the command specified through
 .TP
 .BI exec_prerun \fR=\fPstr
 Before running this job, issue the command specified through