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authorChris Morin2017-05-19 02:07:19 +0200
committerKarel Zak2017-05-22 11:29:10 +0200
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sfdisk: disambiguate units of --show-size
[kzak@redhat.com: - use optutils.h] Signed-off-by: Chris Morin <chris.morin2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
index b67befc44..5266ca744 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ then print the current partition UUID.
Renumber the partitions, ordering them by their start offset.
.TP
.BR \-s , " \-\-show\-size " [ \fIdevice ...]
-List the sizes of all or the specified devices.
+List the sizes of all or the specified devices in units of 1024 byte size.
+This command is DEPRECATED in favour of
+.BR blockdev (1).
.TP
.BR \-T , " \-\-list\-types"
Print all supported types for the current disk label or the label specified by
@@ -219,7 +221,8 @@ specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fB-o +UUID\fP).
Suppress extra info messages.
.TP
.BR \-u , " \-\-unit S"
-Deprecated option. Only the sector unit is supported.
+Deprecated option. Only the sector unit is supported. This option is not
+supported when using the --show-size command.
.TP
.BR \-X , " \-\-label " \fItype
Specify the disk label type (e.g. \fBdos\fR, \fBgpt\fR, ...). If this option