add use of update.py to README, with warning about it
authorLuke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:57:31 +0000 (12:57 +0100)
committerLuke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:57:31 +0000 (12:57 +0100)
README.txt

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@@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ then examine the nohup.out and also the individual markdown files,
 or compile to html first (after apt-get install python-markdown):
 
     markdown_py -f lkcl.html lkcl.mdwn
+
+to perform multiple *DIRECT* database updates automatically, use the
+following command:
+
+    python3 ./src/budget_sync/update.py -c budget-sync-config.toml \
+            --user {name_in_TOML_field} \
+            --username {BUGZILLA_EMAIL} \
+            --password '{BUGZILLA_PASSWORD}' \
+            --bug NNN,MMM,OOO \
+            --submitted=YYYY-MM-DD or --paid=YYYY-MM-DD
+
+**PLEASE EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN USING THIS COMMAND**
+