From df0a8e7a786563c8bcbf0cecb67615dd14cb1627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ondrej Oprala Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:48:48 +0200 Subject: cfdisk: minor man page improvements Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala --- disk-utils/cfdisk.8 | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'disk-utils/cfdisk.8') diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index 64197efe4..01bde0859 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" " for hilit mode .TH CFDISK 8 "March 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME -cfdisk \- display or manipulate disk partition table +cfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table .SH SYNOPSIS .B cfdisk .RB [ options ] @@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ The default device is /dev/sda. Note that .B cfdisk -provides basic partitioning functionality by user friendly interface. If you -need advanced features then use +provides basic partitioning functionality by a user friendly interface. If you +need advanced features, use .BR fdisk (8). Since version 2.25 .BR cfdisk (8) -supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it does not provides any +supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it does not provide any functionality in regards to CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing. CHS has never been important for Linux and this addressing concept does not make any sense for new devices. @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ utils .BR partx (8) and .BR lsblk (8) -in very comfortable and rich way. +in a very comfortable and rich way. -If you want to remove an old partition table from device than use +If you want to remove an old partition table from a device, use .BR wipefs (8). .SH OPTIONS @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Display help text and exit. .IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]" Colorize output, enabled by default. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP can be \fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted, -then it defaults to \fBauto\fR. +it defaults to \fBauto\fR. .IP "\fB-V, \-\-version" Display version information and exit. @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ after the command is not necessary). Here is a list of the available commands: .TP .B b -Toggle bootable flag of the current partition. This allows you to -select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command does not -have to available for all partition label types. +Toggle the bootable flag of the current partition. This allows you to +select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command may not +be available for all partition label types. .TP .B d Delete the current partition. This will convert the current partition @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") .TP .B q -Quit program. This will exit the program without writing any data to -disk. +Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to +the disk. .TP .B t Change the partition type. By default, new partitions are created as -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522