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Diffstat (limited to 'mount/losetup.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | mount/losetup.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mount/losetup.8 b/mount/losetup.8 index c2e41307d..d364f4f1e 100644 --- a/mount/losetup.8 +++ b/mount/losetup.8 @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ attacks. .IP "\fB\-o \fIoffset\fP" the data start is moved \fIoffset\fP bytes into the specified file or device. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.B losetup +returns 0 on success, nonzero on failure. When +.B losetup +displays the status of a loop device, it returns 1 if the device +is not configured and 2 if an error occurred which prevented +.B losetup +from determining the status of the device. + .SH FILES .nf /dev/loop0,/dev/loop1,... loop devices (major=7) @@ -81,7 +90,5 @@ DES encryption is painfully slow. On the other hand, XOR is terribly weak. .SH AUTHORS .nf Original version: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@athena.mit.edu> -Maintained by: Werner Almesberger <almesber@bernina.ethz.ch> Original DES by: Eric Young <eay@psych.psy.uq.oz.au> -Modularized and updated 28-5-94: Mitch DSouza <m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk> .fi |