Recent changes (master)

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

The following changes since commit e2c5f17e3559cc7c96706cd75c2609f12675c60b:

  verify: open state file in binary mode on Windows (2023-09-14 18:54:25 -0400)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git master

for you to fetch changes up to a142e0df6c1483a76d92ff7f9d8c07242af9910e:

  Merge branch 'fio_client_server_doc_fix' of https://github.com/pcpartpicker/fio (2023-09-20 07:41:17 -0400)

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Vincent Fu (1):
      Merge branch 'fio_client_server_doc_fix' of https://github.com/pcpartpicker/fio

aggieNick02 (1):
      Update docs to clarify how to pass job options in client mode

 HOWTO.rst | 3 +++
 fio.1     | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

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Diff of recent changes:

diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index 7f26978a..cc7124b1 100644
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -5105,6 +5105,9 @@ is the connect string, and `remote-args` and `job file(s)` are sent to the
 server. The `server` string follows the same format as it does on the server
 side, to allow IP/hostname/socket and port strings.
 
+Note that all job options must be defined in job files when running fio as a
+client. Any job options specified in `remote-args` will be ignored.
+
 Fio can connect to multiple servers this way::
 
     fio --client=<server1> <job file(s)> --client=<server2> <job file(s)>
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 8159caa4..628e278d 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -4838,6 +4838,9 @@ is the connect string, and `remote\-args' and `job file(s)' are sent to the
 server. The `server' string follows the same format as it does on the server
 side, to allow IP/hostname/socket and port strings.
 .P
+Note that all job options must be defined in job files when running fio as a
+client. Any job options specified in `remote\-args' will be ignored.
+.P
 Fio can connect to multiple servers this way:
 .RS
 .P