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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2011-02-27 16:28:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-03-08 13:14:53 +0100 |
| commit | 0791a058faf0046967a01bd5f0f7bfa6c9b9709f (patch) | |
| tree | 64da4839cab5ce939553c1c3925a94323a9e0c93 /misc-utils/wipefs.8 | |
| parent | raw: remove constants from message strings; undo some abbrevs (diff) | |
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textual: tweak several manpages, mainly the blkid one
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/wipefs.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/wipefs.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 index 6867dfc24..ebb64bd4f 100644 --- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 +++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ wipefs \- wipe a filesystem signature from a device .I device .SH DESCRIPTION .B wipefs -allows to erase filesystem or raid signatures (magic strings) from the +can erase filesystem or raid signatures (magic strings) from the specified .I device to make the filesystem invisible for libblkid. .B wipefs -does not erase the whole filesystem or any other data from the device. -When used without options -a or -o, it lists all visible filesystems and offsets -of their signatures. +does not erase the filesystem itself nor any other data from the device. +When used without options \fB-a\fR or \fB-o\fR, it lists all visible filesystems +and the offsets of their signatures. .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP" Erase all available signatures. @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Print help and exit. .IP "\fB\-n, \-\-no\-act\fP" Causes everything to be done except for the write() call. .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset\fP \fIoffset\fP -Specifies location (in bytes) of the signature which should be erased from the -device. The offset number may include a "0x" prefix, and then the number will be -read as a hex value. It is possible to specify multiple -o options. +Specify the location (in bytes) of the signature which should be erased from the +device. The \fIoffset\fR number may include a "0x" prefix; then the number will be +interpreted as a hex value. It is possible to specify multiple \fB-o\fR options. The \fIoffset\fR argument may be followed by binary (2^N) suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as |