[master] ff64843 Varnishncsa updated documentation

Martin Blix Grydeland martin at varnish-cache.org
Tue Nov 19 17:37:57 CET 2013


commit ff6484327ec12e45bff8c0caa7738de2c4a647b5
Author: Martin Blix Grydeland <martin at varnish-software.com>
Date:   Tue Nov 19 16:57:05 2013 +0100

    Varnishncsa updated documentation

diff --git a/bin/varnishncsa/Makefile.am b/bin/varnishncsa/Makefile.am
index 9912d4c..6f3a7f9 100644
--- a/bin/varnishncsa/Makefile.am
+++ b/bin/varnishncsa/Makefile.am
@@ -25,9 +25,31 @@ varnishncsa_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libvarnishapi/libvarnishapi.la \
 	${RT_LIBS} ${LIBM}
 
-varnishncsa.1: $(top_srcdir)/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
+noinst_PROGRAMS = varnishncsa_opt2rst
+varnishncsa_opt2rst_SOURCES = \
+	varnishncsa_options.h \
+	varnishncsa_options.c \
+	$(top_srcdir)/lib/libvarnishtools/opt2rst.c
+
+BUILT_SOURCES = varnishncsa_options.rst varnishncsa_synopsis.rst
+EXTRA_DIST = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(EXTRA_DIST)
+
+varnishncsa_options.rst:
+	./varnishncsa_opt2rst options > $@
+varnishncsa_synopsis.rst:
+	./varnishncsa_opt2rst synopsis > $@
+
+if HAVE_RST2MAN
+varnishncsa_options.rst varnishncsa_synopsis.rst: varnishncsa_opt2rst
+endif
+
+varnishncsa.1: \
+	$(top_srcdir)/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst \
+	varnishncsa_options.rst \
+	varnishncsa_synopsis.rst
 if HAVE_RST2MAN
-	${RST2MAN} $? $@
+	${RST2MAN} $(top_srcdir)/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst $@
 else
 	@echo "========================================"
 	@echo "You need rst2man installed to make dist"
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
index 3acac45..13b9c10 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Display Varnish logs in Apache / NCSA combined log format
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 :Author: Dag-Erling Smørgrav
+:Author: Martin Blix Grydeland
 :Date:   2010-05-31
 :Version: 1.0
 :Manual section: 1
@@ -15,10 +16,8 @@ Display Varnish logs in Apache / NCSA combined log format
 SYNOPSIS
 ========
 
-varnishncsa [-a] [-C] [-D] [-d] [-f] [-F format] [-I regex]
-[-i tag] [-n varnish_name] [-m tag:regex ...] [-P file] [-r file] [-V] [-w file] 
-[-X regex] [-x tag]
-
+.. include:: ../../../bin/varnishncsa/varnishncsa_synopsis.rst
+varnishncsa |synopsis|
 
 DESCRIPTION
 ===========
@@ -28,142 +27,107 @@ presents them in the Apache / NCSA "combined" log format.
 
 The following options are available:
 
--a          When writing to a file, append to it rather than overwrite it.
-
--C          Ignore case when matching regular expressions.
-
--D          Daemonize.
+.. include:: ../../../bin/varnishncsa/varnishncsa_options.rst
 
--d          Process old log entries on startup.  Normally, varnishncsa 
-	    will only process entries which are written to the log 
-	    after it starts.
+FORMAT
+======
 
--f          Prefer the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header over client.ip in 
-	    the log output.
+Specify the log format used. If no format is specified the default log
+format is used.
 
--F format   Specify the log format used. If no format is specified the  
-   	    default log format is used. Currently it is:
+The default log format is::
 
-            %h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-agent}i"
+  %h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-agent}i"
 
-	    Escape sequences \\n and \\t are supported.
+Escape sequences \\n and \\t are supported.
 
-	    Supported formatters are:
+Supported formatters are:
 
-	      %b 
-	         Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers.
-   	         In CLF format, i.e. a '-' rather than a 0 when no
-   	         bytes are sent.
+%b
+  Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers.  In CLF format,
+  i.e. a '-' rather than a 0 when no bytes are sent.
 
-	      %D
-	         Time taken to serve the request, in microseconds.
+%D
+  Time taken to serve the request, in microseconds.
 
-	      %H 
-	         The request protocol. Defaults to HTTP/1.0 if not
-                 known.
+%H
+  The request protocol. Defaults to HTTP/1.0 if not known.
 
-              %h
-	         Remote host. Defaults to '-' if not known.
-                 Defaults to 127.0.0.1 for backend requests.
+%h
+  Remote host. Defaults to '-' if not known.
 
-	      %{X}i
-	         The contents of request header X.
+%{X}i
+  The contents of request header X.
 
-	      %l
-	         Remote logname (always '-')
+%l
+   Remote logname (always '-')
 
-	      %m
-	         Request method. Defaults to '-' if not known.
+%m
+   Request method. Defaults to '-' if not known.
 
-	      %q
-	         The query string, if no query string exists, an
-                 empty string.
+%q
+  The query string, if no query string exists, an empty string.
 
-	      %{X}o
-	         The contents of response header X.
+%{X}o
+  The contents of response header X.
 
-	      %r
-	         The first line of the request. Synthesized from other
-                 fields, so it may not be the request verbatim.
+%r
+  The first line of the request. Synthesized from other fields, so it
+  may not be the request verbatim.
 
-	      %s
-	         Status sent to the client
+%s
+  Status sent to the client
 
-	      %t
-	         Time when the request was received, in HTTP date/time
-	         format.
+%t
+  Time when the request was received, in HTTP date/time format.
 
-	      %{X}t
-	         Time when the request was received, in the format
-		 specified by X.  The time specification format is the
-		 same as for strftime(3).
+%{X}t
+  Time when the request was received, in the format specified
+  by X. The time specification format is the same as for strftime(3).
 
-	      %T
-	         Time taken to serve the request, in seconds.
+%T
+  Time taken to serve the request, in seconds.
 
-	      %U
-	         The request URL without any query string. Defaults to
-                 '-' if not known.
+%U
+  The request URL without any query string. Defaults to '-' if not
+  known.
 
-	      %u
-	         Remote user from auth
+%u
+  Remote user from auth
 
-	      %{X}x
-	         Extended variables.  Supported variables are:
+%{X}x
+  Extended variables.  Supported variables are:
 
-		   Varnish:time_firstbyte
-		     Time from when the request processing starts
-		     until the first byte is sent to the client.
+  Varnish:time_firstbyte
+    Time from when the request processing starts until the first byte
+    is sent to the client.
 
-		   Varnish:hitmiss
-		     Whether the request was a cache hit or miss. Pipe
-		     and pass are considered misses.
+  Varnish:hitmiss
+    Whether the request was a cache hit or miss. Pipe and pass are
+    considered misses.
 
-		   Varnish:handling
-		     How the request was handled, whether it was a
-		     cache hit, miss, pass, pipe or error.
+  Varnish:handling
+    How the request was handled, whether it was a cache hit, miss,
+    pass, pipe or error.
 	
-		   VCL_Log:key
-		     Output value set by std.log("key:value") in VCL.
-		     
-
--m tag:regex only list records where tag matches regex. Multiple
-            -m options are AND-ed together.
-
--n          Specifies the name of the varnishd instance to get logs 
-	    from.  If -n is not specified, the host name is used.
-
--P file     Write the process's PID to the specified file.
+  VCL_Log:key
+    Output value set by std.log("key:value") in VCL.
 
--r file     Read log entries from file instead of shared memory.
-
--V          Display the version number and exit.
-
--w file     Write log entries to file instead of displaying them.  
-   	    The file will be overwritten unless the -a
-	    option was specified.
-	    
-	    If varnishncsa receives a SIGHUP while writing to a file, 
-	    it will reopen the file, allowing the old one to be 
-	    rotated away.
-
--X regex    Exclude log entries which match the specified 
-   	    regular expression.
+SIGNALS
+=======
 
--x tag      Exclude log entries with the specified tag.
+SIGHUP
+  Rotate the log file (see -w option)
 
-If the -o option was specified, a tag and a regex argument must be given.
-varnishncsa will then only log for request groups which include that tag
-and the regular expression matches on that tag.
+SIGUSR1
+  Flush any outstanding transactions
 
 SEE ALSO
 ========
 
-* varnishd(1)
-* varnishhist(1)
-* varnishlog(1)
-* varnishstat(1)
-* varnishtop(1)
+varnishd(1)
+varnishlog(1)
+varnishstat(1)
 
 HISTORY
 =======
@@ -172,7 +136,6 @@ The varnishncsa utility was developed by Poul-Henning Kamp in
 cooperation with Verdens Gang AS and Varnish Software AS.  This manual page was
 written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav ⟨des at des.no⟩.
 
-
 COPYRIGHT
 =========
 
@@ -180,4 +143,4 @@ This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish
 itself. See LICENCE for details.
 
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS
-* Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Varnish Software AS
+* Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Varnish Software AS



More information about the varnish-commit mailing list