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authorKarel Zak2016-02-24 15:21:38 +0100
committerKarel Zak2016-02-24 15:21:38 +0100
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blkdiscard: add --zeroout (BLKZEROOUT ioctl)
Requested-by: Yaniv Kaul <ykaul@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8 b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
index f79fecb33..71180e906 100644
--- a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
+++ b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
blkdiscard \- discard sectors on a device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B blkdiscard
+[options]
.RB [ \-o
.IR offset ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR length ]
-.RB [ \-s ]
-.RB [ \-v ]
.I device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B blkdiscard
@@ -58,6 +57,9 @@ Perform a secure discard. A secure discard is the same as a regular discard
except that all copies of the discarded blocks that were possibly created by
garbage collection must also be erased. This requires support from the device.
.TP
+.BR \-z , " \-\-zeroout"
+Zero-fill rather than discard.
+.TP
.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
Display the aligned values of
.I offset