From 4f8d6551d6a9de2b4d699e37eff5de589c4e6d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:27:55 +0100 Subject: docs: sync the docstring of addpart, delpart and resizepart to the man page Also tweak the wording of those man pages a bit. Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- disk-utils/addpart.8 | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'disk-utils/addpart.8') diff --git a/disk-utils/addpart.8 b/disk-utils/addpart.8 index dc7e203d5..867d53f2b 100644 --- a/disk-utils/addpart.8 +++ b/disk-utils/addpart.8 @@ -1,32 +1,33 @@ -.\" addpart.8 -- +.\" addpart.8 -- man page for addpart .\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak .\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2007" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME -addpart \- a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl +addpart \- tell the kernel about the existence of a partition .SH SYNOPSIS .B addpart .I device partition start length .SH DESCRIPTION .B addpart -is a program that informs the Linux kernel of a new partition. +tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. +The command is a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl. -This command doesn't manipulate partitions on the hard drive. +This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a hard drive. .SH PARAMETERS .TP .I device -Specify the disk device. +The disk device. .TP .I partition -Specify the partition number. +The partition number. .TP .I start -Specify the beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). +The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). .TP .I length -Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). +The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). .SH SEE ALSO .BR delpart (8), -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522