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authorPeter Breitenlohner2009-07-22 11:29:05 +0200
committerKarel Zak2009-08-17 12:11:12 +0200
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sfdisk.8: formatting
Signed-off-by: Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
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diff --git a/fdisk/sfdisk.8 b/fdisk/sfdisk.8
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@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@
.SH NAME
sfdisk \- Partition table manipulator for Linux
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR sfdisk " [options] device"
+.B sfdisk
+.RI [ options ]
+.I device
.br
-.BR "sfdisk \-s " [partition]
+.B sfdisk \-s
+.RI [ partition ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sfdisk
has four (main) uses: list the size of a partition, list the partitions
@@ -21,14 +24,14 @@ repartition a device.
.B sfdisk
doesn't understand GUID Partition Table (GPT) and
it is not designed for large partitions. In particular case use more advanced GNU
-.B parted(8).
+.BR parted (8).
.SS "List Sizes"
.BI "sfdisk \-s " partition
gives the size of
.I partition
in blocks. This may be useful in connection with programs like
-.B mkswap
+.BR mkswap (8)
or so. Here
.I partition
is usually something like
@@ -68,7 +71,9 @@ total: 12901917 blocks
.SS "List Partitions"
The second type of invocation:
-.BI "sfdisk \-l " "[options] device"
+.B sfdisk \-l
+.RB [ options ]
+.I device
will list the partitions on this device.
If the device argument is omitted, the partitions on all hard disks
are listed.
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ and change nothing else. (Probably this fifth partition
is called /dev/hdb5, but you are free to call it something else,
like `/my_equipment/disks/2/5' or so).
.TP
-.BI \-A "number"
+.BI \-A " number"
Make the indicated partition(s) active, and all others inactive.
.TP
.BI \-c "\fR or " \-\-id " number [Id]"
@@ -539,10 +544,6 @@ itself seems to use the full byte. I have not been able to reproduce
any corruption with DRDOS or its fdisk.
.SH BUGS
-A corresponding interactive
-.B cfdisk
-(with curses interface) is still lacking.
-.LP
There are too many options.
.LP
There is no support for non-DOS partition types.