2008-10-12 Badlop <badlop@process-one.net>
+ * doc/guide.tex: Explain the new ejabberdctl command 'help'
+ * doc/guide.html: Likewise
+
* src/mod_configure.erl: Update calls from ctl to
commands (EJAB-694)
* src/web/ejabberd_web_admin.erl: Likewise
</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">ejabberdctl start
ejabberdctl status
-Node ejabberd@localhost is started. Status: started
-ejabberd is running
+The node ejabberd@localhost is started with status: started
+ejabberd is running in that node
ejabberdctl stop
</PRE><P>If <TT>ejabberd</TT> doesn’t start correctly and a crash dump is generated,
<TT>ejabberdctl</TT> shows all the available commands in that server.
The more interesting ones are:
</P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
-<B><TT>status</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Check the status of the <TT>ejabberd</TT> server.
+<B><TT>help</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Get help about ejabberdctl or any available command. Try <TT>ejabberdctl help help</TT>.
+</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>status</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Check the status of the <TT>ejabberd</TT> server.
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>stop</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Stop the <TT>ejabberd</TT> server which is running in the machine.
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>reopen-log</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> If you use a tool to rotate logs, you have to configure it
so that this command is executed after each rotation.
ejabberdctl start
ejabberdctl status
-Node ejabberd@localhost is started. Status: started
-ejabberd is running
+The node ejabberd@localhost is started with status: started
+ejabberd is running in that node
ejabberdctl stop
\end{verbatim}
\term{ejabberdctl} shows all the available commands in that server.
The more interesting ones are:
\begin{description}
+\titem{help} Get help about ejabberdctl or any available command. Try \term{ejabberdctl help help}.
\titem{status} Check the status of the \ejabberd{} server.
\titem{stop} Stop the \ejabberd{} server which is running in the machine.
\titem{reopen-log} If you use a tool to rotate logs, you have to configure it