manual: Add short option example.

[adu.git] / select.ggo

diff --git a/select.ggo b/select.ggo
index e2c91f8f76eb2f999898aeaca760acff37d891c6..d7f8c9388b3ac4d6509cb5e7e0719079b65feba7 100644 (file)
--- a/select.ggo
+++ b/select.ggo
@@ -134,28 +134,32 @@ string typestr="path"
 optional
 default="-"
 details="
 optional
 default="-"
 details="

-       If empty, or not given, use stdout. The following conventions
-       cause the output to be written differently:
-
-       An output file name of \"-\" means stdout.
-
-       \"path\" may be prepended by '>' which instructs adu to
-       truncate the output file to length zero.  If \"path\" does
-       not start with '>' and \"path\" already exists, the select
-       query is being aborted. Otherwise, \"path\" is created and
-       output is written to \"path\".
-
-       If the first two characters of \"path\" are '>', the output
-       file (given by removing the leading \">>\" from \"path\")
-       is being opened in append mode. It is no error if the output
-       file does not exist but, as above, the output file name \">>\"
-       is considered invalid.
-
-       If the first character of \"path\" is '|', a pipe is created
-       and the rest of \"path\" is being executed with its standard in
-       redirected to the reading end of the pipe. The output of adu
-       is written to the writing end of the pipe. Again, specifying
-       only \"|\" is considered invalid and causes an error.
+       This option is only useful in interactive mode. If stdin is redirected
+       from a script, and the script contains several queries one can use
+       this option to let each query write its output to a different file.
+
+       If the option is not given, or its argument is either \"-\" or the
+       empty string, stdout is assumed. The following conventions cause the
+       output to be written in a different way:
+
+       \"path\" may be prepended by '>' which instructs adu to truncate
+       the output file to length zero. If \"path\" does not start with
+       '>' and \"path\" already exists, the query is aborted. Otherwise,
+       the file is created and truncated. The output file name \">\" is
+       considered invalid.
+
+       If the first two characters of \"path\" are '>', the output file
+       (given by removing the leading \">>\" from \"path\") is opened in
+       append mode. It is no error if the output file does not exist. However,
+       as above the output file name \">>\" is considered invalid.
+
+       If the first character of \"path\" is '|', a pipe is created and the
+       rest of \"path\" is executed with stdin redirected to the reading
+       end of the pipe while the query output is written to the writing end
+       of the pipe. Again, specifying only \"|\" is considered invalid and
+       causes an error.
+
+       See the manual page for examples.

 "
 
 option "user-summary-sort" -
 "
 
 option "user-summary-sort" -


@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ details="
        centered alignment respectively. The with specifier is a
        positive integer. Both \"a\" and \"w\" are optional.
 
        centered alignment respectively. The with specifier is a
        positive integer. Both \"a\" and \"w\" are optional.
 

-       A string directive supported by adu is \"dirname\" which is
+       One string directive supported by adu is \"dirname\" which is

        substituted by the name of the directory. It is available
        if either user_list or global_list mode was selected via
        --select-mode.
        substituted by the name of the directory. It is available
        if either user_list or global_list mode was selected via
        --select-mode.


@@ -219,12 +223,12 @@ details="
 
                \"%(dirname:c:20)\"
 
 
                \"%(dirname:c:20)\"
 

-       The other two types of directives, count and size, are used
-       for numbers. The syntax for these is %(name:a:w:u). The \"a\"
-       and the \"w\" specifier have the same meaning as for the string
-       and id directives. The additional \"u\" specifier selects a unit
-       in which the number that corresponds to the directive should
-       be formated. All three specifiers are optional.
+       The count and size directives are used for non-negative
+       numbers. The syntax for these is %(name:a:w:u). The \"a\" and
+       the \"w\" specifiers have the same meaning as for the string
+       and id directives. The additional \"u\" specifier selects a
+       unit in which the number that corresponds to the directive
+       should be formated. All three specifiers are optional.

 
        Possible units are the characters of the set \" bkmgtBKMGT\"
        specifying bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and
 
        Possible units are the characters of the set \" bkmgtBKMGT\"
        specifying bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and