X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Futils.c;h=893122905bd44ca75b9fa3836cdf9098e142dfff;hp=4d49728c0f47a23cce6eba1bc2f72f11c2c14836;hb=4fc83d948cea6b10484e65f004a6c167e71ac440;hpb=cf0bcb51ea857687a353d2851e572dba6cc63cb0

diff --git a/src/common/utils.c b/src/common/utils.c
index 4d49728c0..893122905 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.c
+++ b/src/common/utils.c
@@ -1429,11 +1429,17 @@ static const char *get_man_bin_path(void)
 }
 
 LTTNG_HIDDEN
-int utils_show_man_page(int section, const char *page_name)
+int utils_show_help(int section, const char *page_name,
+		const char *help_msg)
 {
 	char section_string[8];
 	const char *man_bin_path = get_man_bin_path();
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (help_msg) {
+		printf("%s", help_msg);
+		goto end;
+	}
 
 	/* Section integer -> section string */
 	ret = sprintf(section_string, "%d", section);
@@ -1448,5 +1454,7 @@ int utils_show_man_page(int section, const char *page_name)
 	 */
 	ret = execlp(man_bin_path, "man", "-M", MANPATH,
 		section_string, page_name, NULL);
+
+end:
 	return ret;
 }