Autogenerate man page for mnexec.

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MN = bin/mn
 BIN = $(MN)
 PYSRC = $(MININET) $(TEST) $(EXAMPLES) $(BIN)
 MNEXEC = mnexec
-MANPAGE = mn.1
+MANPAGES = mn.1 mnexec.1
 P8IGN = E251,E201,E302,E202
 BINDIR = /usr/bin
 MANDIR = /usr/share/man/man1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MANDIR = /usr/share/man/man1
 all: codecheck test
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf build dist *.egg-info *.pyc $(MNEXEC) $(MANPAGE)
+	rm -rf build dist *.egg-info *.pyc $(MNEXEC) $(MANPAGES)
 
 codecheck: $(PYSRC)
 	-echo "Running code check"
@@ -41,12 +41,18 @@ develop: $(MNEXEC) $(MANPAGE)
 	install $(MANPAGE) $(MANDIR)
 	python setup.py develop
 
-man: $(MANPAGE)
+man: $(MANPAGES)
 
-$(MANPAGE): $(MN)
+mn.1: $(MN)
 	PYTHONPATH=. help2man -N -n "create a Mininet network." \
-    --no-discard-stderr $(MN) \
-    -o $@
+	--no-discard-stderr $< -o $@
+
+mnexec: mnexec.c $(MN) mininet/net.py
+	cc -DVERSION=\"`$(MN) --version`\" $< -o $@
+
+mnexec.1: mnexec
+	help2man -N -n "execution utility for Mininet." \
+	-h "-h" -v "-v" --no-discard-stderr ./$< -o $@ 
 
 doc: man
 	doxygen doxygen.cfg

bin/mn

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def addDictOption( opts, choicesDict, default, name, helpStr=None ):
 
 def version( *_args ):
     "Print Mininet version and exit"
-    print "mn (Mininet %s)" % VERSION
+    print "%s" % VERSION
     exit()
 
 class MininetRunner( object ):

mnexec.c

@@ -23,17 +23,23 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 
+#if !defined(VERSION)
+#define VERSION "(devel)"
+#endif
+
 void usage(char *name) 
 {
-    printf("Execution utility for Mininet.\n"
-           "usage: %s [-cdnp] [-a pid] [-g group] [-r rtprio] cmd args...\n"
-           "-c: close all file descriptors except stdin/out/error\n"
-           "-d: detach from tty by calling setsid()\n"
-           "-n: run in new network namespace\n"
-           "-p: print ^A + pid\n"
-           "-a pid: attach to pid's network namespace\n"
-           "-g group: add to cgroup\n"
-           "-r rtprio: run with SCHED_RR (usually requires -g)\n",
+    printf("Execution utility for Mininet\n\n"
+           "Usage: %s [-cdnp] [-a pid] [-g group] [-r rtprio] cmd args...\n\n"
+           "Options:\n"
+           "  -c: close all file descriptors except stdin/out/error\n"
+           "  -d: detach from tty by calling setsid()\n"
+           "  -n: run in new network namespace\n"
+           "  -p: print ^A + pid\n"
+           "  -a pid: attach to pid's network namespace\n"
+           "  -g group: add to cgroup\n"
+           "  -r rtprio: run with SCHED_RR (usually requires -g)\n"
+           "  -v: print version\n",
            name);
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     int nsid;
     int pid;
     static struct sched_param sp;
-    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "+cdnpa:g:r:")) != -1)
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "+cdnpa:g:r:vh")) != -1)
         switch(c) {
         case 'c':
             /* close file descriptors except stdin/out/error */
@@ -152,9 +158,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 return 1;
             }
             break;
+        case 'v':
+            printf("%s\n", VERSION);
+            exit(0);
+        case 'h':
+            usage(argv[0]);
+            exit(0);
         default:
             usage(argv[0]);
-            break;
+            exit(1); 
         }
 
     if (optind < argc) {