Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Better use the same word in both cases then:
> >
> > Inform the operating system about partition table changes.
> >
> > -d, --dry-run do not actually inform the operating system
>
> Ack. Can you provide a patch for it?
Attached.
Benno
>From 00f9a3ff3d8ae5d4cadfb08750150994bad9c240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:04:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Making help message clearer, and give variable a better name.
---
partprobe/partprobe.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/partprobe/partprobe.c b/partprobe/partprobe.c
index 1659100..e79193a 100644
--- a/partprobe/partprobe.c
+++ b/partprobe/partprobe.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
static struct option const long_options[] =
{
- {"no-update", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+ {"dry-run", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
{"summary", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct option const long_options[] =
char *program_name;
/* initialized to 0 according to the language lawyers */
-static int opt_no_probe;
+static int opt_no_inform;
static int opt_summary;
static void
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ process_dev (PedDevice* dev)
disk = ped_disk_new (dev);
if (!disk)
goto error;
- if (!opt_no_probe) {
+ if (!opt_no_inform) {
if (!ped_disk_commit_to_os (disk))
goto error_destroy_disk;
}
@@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ usage (int status)
{
printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] [DEVICE]...\n"), PROGRAM_NAME);
fputs (_("\
-Inform the OS of partition table changes.\n\
+Inform the operating system about partition table changes.\n\
\n\
- -d, --no-update don't update the kernel\n\
+ -d, --dry-run do not actually inform the operating system\n\
-s, --summary print a summary of contents\n\
-h, --help display this help and exit\n\
-v, --version output version information and exit\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
\n\
-With no DEVICE, probe all partitions.\n\
+When no DEVICE is given, probe all partitions.\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
}
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[])
while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "dhsv", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
switch (c) {
case 'd':
- opt_no_probe = 1;
+ opt_no_inform = 1;
break;
case 's':
--
1.5.0.7
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