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authorBenno Schulenberg2016-03-08 10:07:49 +0100
committerKarel Zak2016-03-08 14:21:55 +0100
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losetup: correct some formatting in the man page
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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-.TH LOSETUP 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH LOSETUP 8 "November 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
losetup \- set up and control loop devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -91,20 +91,22 @@ Detach the file or device associated with the specified loop device(s).
.BR \-D , " \-\-detach\-all"
Detach all associated loop devices.
.TP
-.BR "\-\-direct\-io"[\fI=on|off\fR]
-Enable or disable direct I/O for the backing file. The optional argument can be
-\fIon\fR or \fIoff\fR. If the optional argument is omitted, it defaults to \fIon\fR.
+.BR \-\-direct\-io [ =on | off ]
+Enable or disable direct I/O for the backing file. The optional argument
+can be either \fBon\fR or \fBoff\fR. If the argument is omitted, it defaults
+to \fBon\fR.
.TP
.BR \-f , " \-\-find"
Find the first unused loop device. If a
.I file
argument is present, use the found device as loop device.
Otherwise, just print its name.
-.IP "\fB\-j, \-\-associated \fIfile\fP"
+.TP
+.BR \-j , " \-\-associated " \fIfile
Show the status of all loop devices associated with the given
.IR file .
.TP
-.IP "\fB\-J, \fB\-\-json\fP"
+.BR \-J , " \-\-json"
Use JSON format for \fB\-\-list\fP output.
.TP
.BR \-l , " \-\-list"