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Type:
Improvement
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Priority:
Major - P3
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None
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: Block Manager, Verify
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Storage Engines
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2
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StorEng - Defined Pipeline
The following command runs but returns nothing:
./wt -h WT_TEST/test_hs01.0 verify -d dump_offsets= file:test_hs01.wt
I think this is because an empty list is provided to dump_offsets. It would be better to let users know a valid list is expected.
The next command fails without saying why:
./wt -h WT_TEST/test_hs01.0 verify -d dump_offsets file:test_hs01.wt
We should do a better job at handling the missing list from the dump_offsets arg and let users know it's an invalid command.
Finally, we could improve the dump_offset setting description in api_data.py:
diff --git a/dist/api_data.py b/dist/api_data.py
index b18be86a3..bc82db374 100755
--- a/dist/api_data.py
+++ b/dist/api_data.py
@@ -1722,8 +1722,8 @@ methods = {
handler, intended for debugging; requires optional support from the block manager''',
type='boolean'),
Config('dump_offsets', '', r'''
- Display the contents of specific on-disk blocks, using the application's message handler,
- intended for debugging''',
+ Display the contents of specific on-disk blocks at the specified offsets, using the
+ application's message handler, intended for debugging''',
type='list'),
Config('dump_pages', 'false', r'''
Display the contents of in-memory pages as they are verified, using the application's