btrfs-progs: print compact help for btrfs
[platform/upstream/btrfs-progs.git] / help.c
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 56aded3..a67e3fd 100644 (file)
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -160,6 +160,50 @@ static void usage_command_group_internal(const struct cmd_group *grp, int full,
        }
 }
 
+void usage_command_group_short(const struct cmd_group *grp)
+{
+       const char * const *usagestr = grp->usagestr;
+       FILE *outf = stdout;
+       const struct cmd_struct *cmd;
+
+       if (usagestr && *usagestr) {
+               fprintf(outf, "usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+               while (*usagestr)
+                       fprintf(outf, "   or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+       }
+
+       fputc('\n', outf);
+
+       fprintf(outf, "Command groups:\n");
+       for (cmd = grp->commands; cmd->token; cmd++) {
+               if (cmd->hidden)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (!cmd->next)
+                       continue;
+
+               fprintf(outf, "  %-16s  %s\n", cmd->token, cmd->next->infostr);
+       }
+
+       fprintf(outf, "\nCommands:\n");
+       for (cmd = grp->commands; cmd->token; cmd++) {
+               if (cmd->hidden)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (cmd->next)
+                       continue;
+
+               fprintf(outf, "  %-16s  %s\n", cmd->token, cmd->usagestr[1]);
+       }
+
+       fputc('\n', outf);
+       fprintf(stderr, "For an overview of a given command use 'btrfs command --help'\n");
+       fprintf(stderr, "or 'btrfs [command...] --help --full' to print all available options.\n");
+       fprintf(stderr, "Any command name can be shortened as far as it stays unambiguous,\n");
+       fprintf(stderr, "however it is recommended to use full command names in scripts.\n");
+       fprintf(stderr, "All command groups have their manual page named 'btrfs-<group>'.\n");
+}
+
 void usage_command_group(const struct cmd_group *grp, int full, int err)
 {
        const char * const *usagestr = grp->usagestr;