commit 918f8f0637ae65c1904644d9b58915838bbff35a
Author: Kristian Høgh <kfh@segtel.dk>
Date:   Fri Dec 8 11:10:22 2006 +0100

    Add optional argument to --verbose
      --verbose, increments verbose by 1
      --verbose <level>, set verbose to level
      --verbose=<level>, set verbose to level

diff --git a/man/vzctl.8 b/man/vzctl.8
index b2f0e26..0081f0d 100644
--- a/man/vzctl.8
+++ b/man/vzctl.8
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ OpenVZ internal purposes.
 These flags can be used with almost any option.
 .IP \fB--quiet\fR 4
 Disables logging to log file and screen.
-.IP \fB--verbose\fR 4
-Sets logging level to maximum value.
+.IP \fB--verbose[\ level]\fR\ |\ \fB--verbose[=level]\fR 4
+Increase or set the logging level. No arguments will increase the current value by one.
 .SS Setting VE parameters
 .IP "\fBset\fR \fIveid\fR [\fIparameters\fR] [\fB--save\fR]" 4 
 This command sets various VE parameters. If flag \fB--save\fR is given,
diff --git a/src/vzctl.c b/src/vzctl.c
index cdfcd3f..b343e0f 100644
--- a/src/vzctl.c
+++ b/src/vzctl.c
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *e
 {
 	int action = 0;
 	int verbose = 0;
+	int verbose_tmp = 0;
+	int verbose_inc = 0;
+	int verbose_abs = 0;
+	int verbose_abs_unset = 1;
 	int quiet = 0;
 	int veid, ret, skiplock = 0;
 	char buf[256];
@@ -124,7 +128,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *e
 
 	while (argc > 1) {
 		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--verbose")) {
-			verbose = 2;
+			if(parse_int(argv[2], &verbose_tmp))
+				verbose_inc++;
+			else {
+				verbose_abs = verbose_tmp;
+				verbose_abs_unset = 0;
+				verbose_inc = 0;
+				argc--;
+				argv++;
+			}
+		} else if (!strncmp(argv[1], "--verbose=", 10)) {
+			if(argv[1][10] != '\0') {
+				verbose_abs_unset = parse_int(&argv[1][10], &verbose_abs);
+				verbose_inc = 0;
+			}
+			if(verbose_abs_unset) {
+				printf("Invalid value for --verbose\n");
+				exit(VZ_INVALID_PARAMETER_SYNTAX);
+			}
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--quiet"))
 			quiet = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--version")) {
@@ -141,7 +162,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *e
 		exit(VZ_INVALID_PARAMETER_SYNTAX);
 	}
 	action_nm = argv[1];
-	init_log(NULL, 0, 1, 0, 0, verbose, NULL);
 	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "set")) {
 		init_modules(&g_action, "set");
 		action = ACTION_SET;
@@ -227,6 +247,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *e
 		ret = VZ_NOCONFIG;
 		goto error;
 	}
+	if(!verbose_abs_unset)
+		verbose = verbose_abs;
+	verbose += verbose_inc;
+	if(verbose < -1)
+		verbose = -1;
 	init_log(gparam->log.log_file, veid, gparam->log.enable != NO,
 		gparam->log.level, quiet, verbose, "vzctl");
 	if ((ret = parse_action_opt(veid, action, argc, argv, cmd_p,