Don't check for required options when parsing the command line.

[dss.git] / dss.ggo

diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index 295e9ed18bd9347a91cf86f1f277b69c696452cc..51cfadd3391b41d4636c29b07411f93063a06413 100644 (file)
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ details="
        configuration file. As usual, if an option is given both at
        the command line and in the configuration file, the command
        line option takes precedence.
+
+       However, there is an important exception to this rule:
+       If the --run option was given (see below) then dss honors
+       SIGHUP and re-reads its configuration file whenever it
+       receives this signal. In this case the options in the config
+       file override any options that were previously given at the
+       command line. This allows to change the configuration of a
+       running dss process on the fly by sending SIGHUP.
+
+       Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as
+       background daemon by sending SIGHUP.
 "
 
 option "daemon" d
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ flag off
 dependon="logfile"
 details="
        Note that dss refuses to start in daemon mode if no logfile
-       was specified. This option makes sense only in conjuction
+       was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjuction
        with the -R option described below.
 "
 
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@ option "source-dir" -
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "The data directory"
 string typestr="dirname"
-optional
+required
 details="
        The directory on the remote host from which snapshots are
        taken.  Of course, the user specified as --remote-user must
@@ -157,7 +168,7 @@ option "dest-dir" -
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Snapshot dir"
 string typestr="dirname"
-optional
+required
 details="
        The destination directory on the local host where snapshots
        will be written. This must be writable by the user who runs