From a8d10d1c9d13f3a5366b7ece635c02e356965c2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rodrigo Campos Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:17:26 +0000 Subject: fallocate: Clarify that space can also be deallocated The functionality is already there, with --punch-hole, but the text was for the preallocation case only. Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Campos --- sys-utils/fallocate.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/fallocate.c') diff --git a/sys-utils/fallocate.c b/sys-utils/fallocate.c index cd35b2d30..55e841115 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fallocate.c +++ b/sys-utils/fallocate.c @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out) fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out); fputs(_(" -n, --keep-size don't modify the length of the file\n" " -p, --punch-hole punch holes in the file\n" - " -o, --offset offset of the allocation, in bytes\n" - " -l, --length length of the allocation, in bytes\n"), out); + " -o, --offset offset of the (de)allocation, in bytes\n" + " -l, --length length of the (de)allocation, in bytes\n"), out); fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out); fputs(USAGE_HELP, out); fputs(USAGE_VERSION, out); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522