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author | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-12-21 16:59:44 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-12-21 16:59:44 +0000 |
commit | 991625e04d8a3a99e232d6a36551f767536c41cd (patch) | |
tree | daf9c3be375eeb92e11e414e5aded6777de7b98b /sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 | |
parent | fbe2b70847aa8dc9eecfdd4a9f184ee1fea9cc47 (diff) |
Finish mdoc convert (while i'm here):
o) add arch name do .Dt tag;
o) sort arguments in .SYNOPSIS and .DESCRIPTION;
o) sort SEE ALSO;
o) .BR -> .Em;
o) .br -> .Pp;
o) our email format is: .An ... Aq <...>;
o) minor mdoc changes;
millert@ ok;
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 | 41 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 b/sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 index ada87ad699c..0f67c33193b 100644 --- a/sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/pdisk/pdisk.8 @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ .Dd September 26, 1997 -.Dt PDISK 8 +.Dt PDISK 8 macppc .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pdisk .Nd HFS(DPME) partition maintenance program .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm pdisk +.Op Fl c .Op Fl h .Op Fl i .Op Fl l .Op Fl r -.Op Fl c +.Op Fl v .Ar device .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a menu driven program which partitions disks using the standard Apple disk partitioning scheme described in "Inside Macintosh: Devices". It does not support the intel/dos partitioning scheme supported by -.BR fdisk . +.Em fdisk . The .Ar device is usually one of the following: @@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ is usually one of the following: .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Fl v -Prints version number of the program. +.It Fl c +Causes +.Nm +to always ignore the device size listed in the partition table +and compute the device size by other means. .It Fl h Prints a rather lame set of help messages for the .Nm @@ -48,29 +52,22 @@ Causes to go into an interactive mode similar to the MacOS version of the program. .It Fl l List the partition tables for the specified -.Ar devices -. -.Tp +.Ar devices . .It Fl r Prevents .Nm from writing to the device. -.TP -.It Fl c -Causes -.Nm -to always ignore the device size listed in the partition table -and compute the device size by other means. -.SH "Editing Partition Tables" +.It Fl v +Prints version number of the program. +.El +.Pp An argument which is simply the name of a -.I device +.Ar device indicates that .Nm should edit the partition table of that device. -.El .Sh COMMAND MODE The list of commands and their explanations are given below. -.Pp .Bl -tag -width "update" .It Em h command help @@ -184,10 +181,10 @@ Some people believe there should really be just one disk partitioning utility. .Pp .Nm should be able to create HFS partitions that work. -.br +.Pp Even more help should be available during user input. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr fdisk 8 , -.Xr disklabel 8 +.Xr disklabel 8 , +.Xr fdisk 8 .Sh AUTHORS -Eryk Vershen (eryk@apple.com) +.An Eryk Vershen Aq eryk@apple.com . |