On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:07:19PM +0300, Vadim Zhukov wrote:
> On 14 January 2011 ?. 17:18:41 Alexander Hall wrote:
> > On 01/14/11 03:12, Vadim Zhukov wrote:
> > > +If multiplier was not specified then this value is interpreted as number
> > > of
> > > +sectors (see
> > > +.Fl S ) ,
> > > +not number of bytes.
> >
> > I'm not entirely happy with that... Maybe jmc@ can help?
> >
> > I'd suggest something even simpler:
> >
> > "If no multiplier is present,
> > .Ar size
> > represents the number of sectors (see
> > .Fl S ) .
>
> I like it. :) It's in the new version of patch.
>
i'd say that you'd be better leaving the description as it was (talking
about sectors), then mentioning that a multiplier can also be used. i
say this for a number of reasons:
- the existing behaviour deals in sectors
- the description of -S will then match
- the mnemonic will be lost if you talk about sectors as being
secondary
jmc
