Thanks for the info Elliott, Its working fine now. Mohan On 10/30/18, Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) <elliott@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: fio-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fio-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >> Behalf Of Mohanraj B >> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 5:01 AM >> Subject: Understanding --section=name option. > ... >> >> [job1] >> rw=randread >> size=100M >> >> [job2] >> rw=read >> size=10m >> >> I want to run the job2 only, so used --section option. >> Below is the docker command have used to test --section option. >> >> docker run -v /home/:/tmp/fio-data/ fio:5.0 --section job2 --client >> 172.17.0.3 read.fio >> May be I am not using the option properly, please explain how to use >> the option based on the job file I have given here. > > The convention for most command line tools, not just fio, is > --option=value > not > --option value > > The one-character shorthand options, when they exist, use spaces: > -o value > > See https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Argument-Syntax.html > > --- > Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory > > > > > >