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Bug #4420

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flowstat usage message is incorrect

Added by Yuri Pankov over 9 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

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New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Peter Tribble
Category:
cmd - userland programs
Start date:
2013-12-24
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altair:yuri:~$ flowstat -?
flowstat: unrecognized option '-?'
usage: flowstat [-r | -t] [-i interval] [-l link] [flow]
       flowstat [-S] [-A] [-i interval] [-p] [ -o field[,...]]
                [-u R|K|M|G|T|P] [-l link] [flow]
       flowstat -h [-a] [-d] [-F format] [-s <DD/MM/YYYY,HH:MM:SS>]
                [-e <DD/MM/YYYY,HH:MM:SS>] -f <logfile> [<flow>]
altair:yuri:~$ flowstat -A -i 1
flowstat: the option -A is not compatible with -r, -t, -p, -o, -u, -i
altair:yuri:~$ flowstat -h -f logfile
flowstat: -h: invalid argument

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Updated by Peter Tribble over 3 years ago

  • Assignee set to Peter Tribble

Perhaps restructuring the usage message, thinking more of -p, -A, and -h as distinct modes, would make it much clearer.

The -h error is misleading input validation; it's actually the -f that has an invalid argument.

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