the -N option has been retired in varnish-cache master

Ref: e9c70c7306eb94c14768648dca03fc5b6c3252f9

README.rst

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 ::
 
-  varnishevent [-a] [-d] [-D] [-f configfile] [-F format] [-g grouping]
-               [-L txlimit] [-n varnish_name] [-N vsmfile] [-P file]
-               [-q query] [-r file] [-T txtimeout] [-v] [-V] [-w file]
-               [-l logfile]
+  varnishevent [-adDhvV] [-f configfile] [-F format]
+               [-g grouping] [-L txlimit] [-n name]
+               [-P pidfile] [-q query] [-r binlog]
+               [-T txtimeout] [-w outputfile] [-l logfile]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ OPTIONS
 	Specify the name of the varnishd instance to get logs
 	from. If -n is not specified, the host name is used.
 
--N filename
-
-	Specify the filename of a stale VSM instance. When using this
-	option the abandonment checking is disabled.
-
 -P file
 
 	Write the process' PID to the specified file.
@@ -475,8 +470,8 @@ Parameter              CLI Option Description
 ---------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------
 ``varnish.bindump``    ``-r``     A binary dump of the Varnish shared memory log obtained from ``varnishlog -B -w``. If a   none
                                   value is specified, ``varnishevent`` reads from that file instead of a live Varnish log
-                                  (useful for testing, debugging and replaying traffic). This parameter and the ``-n`` or
-                                  ``-N`` options are mutually exclusive.
+                                  (useful for testing, debugging and replaying traffic). This parameter and the ``-n``
+                                  option are mutually exclusive.
 ---------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------
 ``cformat``            ``-F``     Output format for client transactions, using the formatter syntax shown for the ``-F``    default for ``-F``
                                   option above. By default, client transactions are logged, using the default format

src/varnishevent.c

@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ usage(int status)
 {
     fprintf(stderr,
             "usage: varnishevent [-adDhvV] [-f configfile] [-F format]\n"
-            "                    [-g grouping] [-L txlimit] [-n name] \n"
-            "                    [-N vsmfile] [-P pidfile] [-q query] \n"
-            "                    [-r binlog] [-T txtimeout] [-w outputfile]\n"
-            "                    [-l logfile]\n");
+            "                    [-g grouping] [-L txlimit] [-n name]\n"
+            "                    [-P pidfile] [-q query] [-r binlog]\n"
+            "                    [-T txtimeout] [-w outputfile] [-l logfile]\n"
+            );
     exit(status);
 }
 
@@ -698,11 +698,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    if (n_arg && N_arg) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot have both -n and -N options\n");
-        usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
     if (! EMPTY(cli_config_filename)) {
         printf("Reading config from %s\n", cli_config_filename);
         if (CONF_ReadFile(cli_config_filename) != 0) {
@@ -712,9 +707,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    if (!EMPTY(config.varnish_bindump) && (n_arg || N_arg)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot specify -r/varnish.bindump together with -n "
-                " or -N\n");
+    if (!EMPTY(config.varnish_bindump) && n_arg) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot specify -r/varnish.bindump together with -n"
+                "\n");
         usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
@@ -797,10 +792,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             LOG_Log(LOG_CRIT, "-n %s: %s\n", n_arg, VSM_Error(vsm));
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-        else if (N_arg && VSM_N_Arg(vsm, N_arg) <= 0) {
-            LOG_Log(LOG_CRIT, "-N %s: %s\n", n_arg, VSM_Error(vsm));
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
         if (VSM_Open(vsm) < 0) {
             LOG_Log(LOG_CRIT, "Cannot attach to shared memory for instance %s: "
                     "%s", VSM_Name(vsm), VSM_Error(vsm));