From 449a215fc50bfa27c4b0f0cb14d1ce04750762c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:14:42 +0200 Subject: docs: tweak the formatting and wording of several disk-utils man pages Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'disk-utils/fsck.minix.8') diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 index 8f25b0bbd..e84b82b0a 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 @@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX filesystem. The current version supports the 14 character and 30 character filename options. The program -assumes the file system is quiescent. +assumes the filesystem is quiescent. .B fsck.minix should not be used on a mounted device unless you can be sure nobody is writing to it (and remember that the kernel can write to it when it searches for files). -The device will usually have the following form: +The \fIdevice\fR name will usually have the following form: .nf .RS /dev/hda[1-63] (IDE disk 1) @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The device will usually have the following form: .RE .fi -If the file system was changed (i.e., repaired), then +If the filesystem was changed (i.e., repaired), then .B fsck.minix will print "FILE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED" and will .BR sync (2) @@ -53,30 +53,30 @@ writing to the disk, and that no files are "zombies" waiting for deletion. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-l -Lists all filenames +List all filenames. .TP .B \-r -Performs interactive repairs +Perform interactive repairs. .TP .B \-a -Performs automatic repairs (this option implies -.BR \-r ), -and serves to answer all of the questions asked with the default. Note -that this can be extremely dangerous in the case of extensive file system +Perform automatic repairs. (This option implies +.B \-r +and serves to answer all of the questions asked with the default.) Note +that this can be extremely dangerous in the case of extensive filesystem damage. .TP .B \-v -Verbose +Be verbose. .TP .B \-s -Outputs super-block information +Output super-block information. .TP .B \-m -Activates MINIX-like "mode not cleared" warnings +Activate MINIX-like "mode not cleared" warnings. .TP .B \-f -Force file system check even if the file system was marked as valid (this -marking is done by the kernel when the file system is unmounted). +Force a filesystem check even if the filesystem was marked as valid (this +marking is done by the kernel when the filesystem is unmounted). .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fsck (8), .BR fsck.ext (8), @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ most commonly seen in normal usage. If the device does not exist, .B fsck.minix will print "unable to read super block". If the device exists, but is not -a MINIX file system, +a MINIX filesystem, .B fsck.minix will print "bad magic number in super-block". .SH "EXIT CODES" @@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ is the sum of the following: .IP 0 No errors .IP 3 -File system errors corrected, system should be rebooted if file system was +Filesystem errors corrected, system should be rebooted if filesystem was mounted .IP 4 -File system errors left uncorrected +Filesystem errors left uncorrected .IP 8 Operational error .IP 16 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi) .br Error code values by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .br -Added support for file system valid flag: Dr. Wettstein +Added support for filesystem valid flag: Dr. Wettstein (greg%wind.uucp@plains.nodak.edu) .br Check to prevent fsck of mounted filesystem added by Daniel Quinlan -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522