defgroup "mode"
#==============
groupdesc="
- adu may be started in one of two possible modes, each of which
- corresponds to a different command line option. Exactly one
- of these options must be given.
+ adu may be started in one of three possible modes, each of
+ which corresponds to a different command line option. Exactly
+ one of these options must be given.
"
required
"activate interactive mode"
group="mode"
details="
- In this mode, adu reads commands from stdin.
+ In this mode, adu reads commands from stdin. This makes it
+ possible to run different select queries without opening the
+ underlying osl database for each query (which is expensive).
"
groupoption "select" S
"query a database previously created with --create"
group="mode"
details="
- This option prints statistics about matching subdirectories to
- stdout. The output depends on the other options, see below.
+ This option prints statistics about matching subdirectories
+ to stdout. The output can be customized by specifying select
+ options, see below.
"
##############################
users. Decreasing the value causes adu to use slightly less memory.
"
+##############################
+section "Options for --select"
+##############################
+
option "select-options" s
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Options for select mode"
optional
dependon="select"
details="
- Try --select-options \"-h\"
+ This option takes a string whose content is another set of
+ options as described below. Select options may be specified
+ either directly in select mode, in which case you have to quote
+ them to prevent them from being interpreted as adu options,
+ or via the \"set\" command in interactive mode.
"