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author | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-03-01 01:50:46 +0000 |
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committer | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-03-01 01:50:46 +0000 |
commit | dfca933bd751645add7909928e917b881f5fb455 (patch) | |
tree | 526fe71f3dbe36a23a1ef8c0605d924d0c58c3c1 /sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | |
parent | d961bd2626b0375484fa68f29046a5299b96a725 (diff) |
Change undocumented '-p' flag to '-d' and document. Also document '-v'.
Make 'disklabel -ed' not overwrite your label if you make no changes
in the editor (added a cmplabel function to compare two labels).
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | 38 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 index 5a946633c97..614dc413f11 100644 --- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 +++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.23 1998/12/15 01:20:28 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.24 1999/03/01 01:50:45 millert Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 @@ -45,39 +45,46 @@ .Nd read and write disk pack label .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm disklabel -.Op Fl r .Op Fl n +.Op Fl d Li \&| Fl r .Op Fl t +.Op Fl v .Ar disk .Nm disklabel .Fl w -.Op Fl r .Op Fl n +.Op Fl d Li \&| Fl r +.Op Fl v .Ar disk Ar disktype .Oo Ar packid Oc .Nm disklabel .Fl e -.Op Fl r .Op Fl n +.Op Fl d Li \&| Fl r +.Op Fl v .Ar disk .Nm disklabel .Fl E -.Op Fl r .Op Fl n +.Op Fl d Li \&| Fl r +.Op Fl v .Ar disk .Nm disklabel .Fl R .Op Fl r .Op Fl n +.Op Fl v .Ar disk Ar protofile .Nm disklabel .Op Fl NW .Op Fl n +.Op Fl v .Ar disk .sp .Nm disklabel .Fl B .Op Fl n +.Op Fl v .Oo .Fl b Ar boot1 .Op Fl s Ar boot2 @@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ .Fl w .Fl B .Op Fl n +.Op Fl v .Oo .Fl b Ar boot1 .Op Fl s Ar boot2 @@ -98,6 +106,7 @@ .Fl R .Fl B .Op Fl n +.Op Fl v .Oo .Fl b Ar boot1 .Op Fl s Ar boot2 @@ -134,6 +143,25 @@ These variants are described later. In all cases you can specify .Fl n to operate in no change mode to avoid committing any permanent changes. +The +.Fl v +flag can be used to make +.Nm +be more verbose about what it is doing. +.Pp +When reading or editing a label, you may also specify the +.Fl d +option to use the +.Em default +label. This ignores any existing +.Ox +partitions on the disk. Note that this option will only work for +disks that are capable of reporting their geometry, such as SCSI, +IDE, and ESDI. Also note that the +.Fl d +flag may not be used in conjuction with the +.Fl r +flag. .Pp The first form of the command (read) is used to examine the label on the named disk drive (e.g. sd0 or |