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Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils/fdisk.8')
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diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 index 49401e5e8..89e3153e1 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 @@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ Specify the number of sectors per track of the disk. partition tables.) A reasonable value is 63. .TP -\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wipe\fR \fImode\fR -Wipe filesystems, RAIDs and partition tables signatures from the device, in -order to avoid possible collisions. The \fImode\fR can be \fBauto\fR, -\fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. The default is \fBauto\fR, in this case signatures -are wiped in the interactive mode only, in all cases detected signatures are -reported by warning message before a new partition table is created. See also +\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wipe\fR \fIwhen\fR +Wipe filesystem, RAID and partition-table signatures from the device, in order +to avoid possible collisions. The argument \fIwhen\fR can be \fBauto\fR, +\fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. When this option is not given, the default is +\fBauto\fR, in which case signatures are wiped only when in interactive mode. +In all cases detected signatures are reported by warning messages +before a new partition table is created. See also .BR wipefs (8) command. |