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authorSami Kerola2014-03-09 21:30:14 +0100
committerKarel Zak2014-03-26 12:17:36 +0100
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findfs: use symbolic exit values, and tell about them in manual
[[kzak@redhat.com: - move return codes to findfs.c] Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/findfs.8 b/misc-utils/findfs.8
index 8a6bca1d3..1469df2dc 100644
--- a/misc-utils/findfs.8
+++ b/misc-utils/findfs.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved.
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
-.TH FINDFS 8 "February 2009" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH FINDFS 8 "March 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
findfs \- find a filesystem by label or UUID
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -21,10 +21,30 @@ or a UUID equal to
If the filesystem is found, the device name for the filesystem will
be printed on stdout.
.PP
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.RS
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B 0
+success
+.TP
+.B 1
+label or uuid cannot be found
+.TP
+.B 2
+usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
+.PD
+.RE
.SH AUTHOR
.B findfs
-was originally written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu) and re-written for
-the util-linux package by Karel Zak (kzak@redhat.com).
+was originally written by
+.MT tytso@mit.edu
+Theodore Ts'o
+.ME
+and re-written for the util-linux package by
+.MT kzak@redhat.com
+Karel Zak
+.ME .
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=0xffff
enables debug output.
@@ -33,4 +53,6 @@ enables debug output.
.BR fsck (8)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The findfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
+.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .