diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/isosize.8 | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/isosize.8 b/disk-utils/isosize.8 index 160f8eb66..1951f02a6 100644 --- a/disk-utils/isosize.8 +++ b/disk-utils/isosize.8 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH ISOSIZE "8" "June 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration Utilities" .SH NAME -isosize \- outputs the length of an iso9660 file system +isosize \- outputs the length of an iso9660 filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS .B isosize [\fIoptions\fR] \fIiso9660_image_file\fR @@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ isosize \- outputs the length of an iso9660 file system .\" Add any additional description here .PP This command outputs the length of an iso9660 file system that -is contained in given file. That file may be a normal file or -a block device (e.g. /dev/hdd or /dev/sr0). In the absence of -any switches (or errors) it will output the size of the iso9660 -file system in bytes. This can now be a large number (>> 4 GB). +is contained in the given file. That file may be a normal file or +a block device (e.g. /dev/hdd or /dev/sr0). In the absence of +any switches (and errors) it will output the size of the iso9660 +filesystem in bytes. This can now be a large number (>> 4 GB). .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-sectors\fR -output in humanly readable form the block count and the block -size. Output uses the term "sectors" for "blocks". +Show the block count and block size in human-readable form. +The output uses the term "sectors" for "blocks". .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-divisor\fR=\fINUM\fR -only has affect when +Only has an effect when .B \-x -is not given. The number output (if no errors) +is not given. The number shown (if no errors) is the iso9660 file size in bytes divided by .IR NUM . So if .I NUM -is the block size then the output number will be the block count. +is the block size then the shown number will be the block count. .PP -The size of the file (or block device) holding a iso9660 file -system can be marginally larger than the actual size of the -iso9660 file system. One reason for this is that cd writers -are allowed to add "run out" sectors at the end of a iso9660 +The size of the file (or block device) holding an iso9660 +filesystem can be marginally larger than the actual size of the +iso9660 filesystem. One reason for this is that cd writers +are allowed to add "run out" sectors at the end of an iso9660 image. |