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author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2014-01-11 18:33:42 +0000 |
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committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2014-01-11 18:33:42 +0000 |
commit | 67980be42368bc1c08d0dd989ed3f7dab56b5cab (patch) | |
tree | ec9600c8136da7221d1ec9a15df517ab6e1a6a88 | |
parent | 169fa13713baf7591a0a214e0f2e1b1cde7a03ad (diff) | |
download | obnam-67980be42368bc1c08d0dd989ed3f7dab56b5cab.tar.gz |
Document --quiet and --verbose better
Reported-by: Rob Kendrick
-rw-r--r-- | obnamlib/app.py | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | test-gpghome/random_seed | bin | 600 -> 600 bytes |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/obnamlib/app.py b/obnamlib/app.py index 39fc62e4..73f52921 100644 --- a/obnamlib/app.py +++ b/obnamlib/app.py @@ -86,8 +86,19 @@ class App(cliapp.Application): default=obnamlib.IDPATH_SKIP, group=perf_group) - self.settings.boolean(['quiet'], 'be silent') - self.settings.boolean(['verbose'], 'be verbose') + self.settings.boolean( + ['quiet'], + 'be silent: show only error messages, no progress updates') + self.settings.boolean( + ['verbose'], + 'be verbose: tell the user more of what is going on and ' + 'generally make sure the user is aware of what is happening ' + 'or at least that something is happening and ' + 'also make sure their screen is getting updates frequently ' + 'and that there is changes happening all the time so they ' + 'do not get bored and that they in fact get frustrated by ' + 'getting distracted by so many updates that they will move ' + 'into the Gobi desert to live under a rock') self.settings.boolean(['pretend', 'dry-run', 'no-act'], 'do not actually change anything (works with ' diff --git a/test-gpghome/random_seed b/test-gpghome/random_seed Binary files differindex 9022d9e0..bb1e8715 100644 --- a/test-gpghome/random_seed +++ b/test-gpghome/random_seed |