[llvm-commits] [LNT] r154155 - in /lnt/trunk: docs/tools.rst lnt/lnttool/main.py

[Daniel Dunbar]

Author: ddunbar
Date: Thu Apr  5 19:58:09 2012
New Revision: 154155

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=154155&view=rev
Log:
[docs] Improve 'lnt runserver --help' and the runserver docs.

Modified:
    lnt/trunk/docs/tools.rst
    lnt/trunk/lnt/lnttool/main.py

Modified: lnt/trunk/docs/tools.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lnt/trunk/docs/tools.rst?rev=154155&r1=154154&r2=154155&view=diff
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--- lnt/trunk/docs/tools.rst (original)
+++ lnt/trunk/docs/tools.rst Thu Apr  5 19:58:09 2012
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@
     generate report emails if enabled in the configuration, you can use
     ``--no-email`` to disable this.
 
-  ``lnt runserver <path | config file>``
+  ``lnt runserver <path | config file | tarball>``
     Start the LNT server using a development WSGI server. Additional options can
     be used to control the server host and port, as well as useful development
     features such as automatic reloading.
+
+    The command has built-in support for running the server on an instance which
+    has been packed into a (compressed) tarball. The tarball will be
+    automatically unpacked into a temporary directory and removed on exit. This
+    is useful for passing database instances back and forth, when others only
+    need to be able to view the results.

Modified: lnt/trunk/lnt/lnttool/main.py
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lnt/trunk/lnt/lnttool/main.py?rev=154155&r1=154154&r2=154155&view=diff
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--- lnt/trunk/lnt/lnttool/main.py (original)
+++ lnt/trunk/lnt/lnttool/main.py Thu Apr  5 19:58:09 2012
@@ -17,7 +17,19 @@
 def action_runserver(name, args):
     """start a new development server"""
 
-    parser = OptionParser("%%prog %s [options] [<path|config file>]" % name)
+    parser = OptionParser("""\
+%%prog %s [options] [<path|config file|tarball>]
+
+Start the LNT server using a development WSGI server. Additional options can be
+used to control the server host and port, as well as useful development features
+such as automatic reloading.
+
+The command has built-in support for running the server on an instance which has
+been packed into a (compressed) tarball. The tarball will be automatically
+unpacked into a temporary directory and removed on exit. This is useful for
+passing database instances back and forth, when others only need to be able to
+view the results.\
+""" % name)
     parser.add_option("", "--hostname", dest="hostname", type=str,
                       help="host interface to use [%default]",
                       default='localhost')