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authorMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-12-21 16:59:44 +0000
committerMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-12-21 16:59:44 +0000
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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;
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.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 .