Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Sat Dec 14 20:46:13 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/sbin/fdisk: fdisk.8
Log Message:
PR/54756: germain: Avoid confusion caused by overuse of the word "file" both
as a noun and an argument name.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.88 -r1.89 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
diff -u src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.88 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.89
--- src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.88 Tue Apr 9 05:03:41 2019
+++ src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Sat Dec 14 15:46:13 2019
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.88 2019/04/09 09:03:41 tnn Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.89 2019/12/14 20:46:13 christos Exp $
.\"
-.Dd April 9, 2019
+.Dd December 14, 2019
.Dt FDISK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.Fl 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | E Ar number
.Op Fl s Oo Ar id Oc Ns Oo / Ns Oo Ar start Oc Ns Oo / Ns Oo Ar size Oc Ns Oo / Ns Oo Ar bootmenu Oc Oc Oc Oc
.Oc
-.Op Fl r Ar file | Fl w Ar file
+.Op Fl r Ar bootfile | Fl w Ar bootfile
.Op Fl A Ar ptn_alignment Ns Bq Ar /ptn_0_offset
.Op Fl b Ar cylinders/heads/sectors
.Op Fl c Ar bootcode
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ The partition table is left alone by thi
Lists known
.Em sysid
values and exit.
-.It Fl r Ar file
+.It Fl r Ar bootfile
Read the boot record from file
-.Ar file
+.Ar bootfile
instead of the specified disk.
The geometry information used is still that of the disk volume.
Any changes are written back to the file.
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ Using
with
.Fl u
allows the user to change more parameters than normally permitted.
-.It Fl w Ar file
+.It Fl w Ar bootfile
Write the modified partition table to file
-.Ar file
+.Ar bootfile
instead of the disk.
.It Fl z Ar sectorsize
Specify a sector size other than 512, for devices that only
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ lose all the data in that partition.
You should run this program interactively once or twice to see how it works.
This is completely safe as long as you answer the last question in the negative.
You can also specify
-.Fl w Ar file
+.Fl w Ar bootfile
to write the output to a file and later specify
-.Fl r Ar file
+.Fl r Ar bootfile
to read back the updated information.
This can be done without having write access to the disk volume.
.Sh FILES
