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@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ even if they do not have an explicit probe placed into them.
.TP
.BI \-o " FILE"
Send standard output to named file. In bulk mode, percpu files will
-start with FILE_ followed by the cpu number.
+start with FILE_ (FILE_cpu with -F) followed by the cpu number.
+This supports a subset of strftime(3) (%%, %C, %Y, %y, %m, %d, %e, %F,
+%H, %I, %j, %l, %M, %S, %R, %T, %u, %w) for FILE.
.TP
.BI \-c " CMD"
Start the probes, run CMD, and exit when CMD finishes.
@@ -193,8 +195,18 @@ and aliases.
Similar to "-l", but list probe points and script-level local variables.
.TP
.BI \-F
-Load module and start probes, then detach from the module leaving the
-probes running.
+Without -o option, load module and start probes, then detach from the module
+leaving the probes running.
+With -o option, run staprun in background as a daemon and show it's pid.
+.TP
+.BI \-S " size[,N]"
+Sets the maximum size of output file and the maximum number of output files.
+If the size of output file will exceed
+.B size
+, systemtap switches output file to the next file. And if the number of
+output files exceed
+.B N
+, systemtap removes the oldest output file. You can omit the second argument.
.TP
.B \-\-kelf
For names and addresses of functions to probe,