Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:03:22 +0100 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 74bd20769706 - main - Reference newfs_msdos(8) from the newfs(8) manual Message-ID: <d4d7ef06-1934-3a37-ee91-5d8f6dd76307@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2B9OgH%2BPyXFvF144TDfcmvCc2t%2BP-6Y0gKerWcjWi3Jmw@mail.gmail.com> References: <202101070924.1079OE4g081849@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <X/dQAejFbWFxM8Uu@kib.kiev.ua> <52e99dc8-cd75-a2ab-7670-b81d8aaa8134@FreeBSD.org> <CANCZdfrGAhcmdQvsLWepEx--sRD7gan2zVCbFsbBKOwNcM0Cow@mail.gmail.com> <X/i/jU5j3p2NsHyy@kib.kiev.ua> <CAPyFy2B9OgH%2BPyXFvF144TDfcmvCc2t%2BP-6Y0gKerWcjWi3Jmw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/8/21 9:33 PM, Ed Maste wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 15:25, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: >> If there is some explanation along the lines that newfs is the common >> name prefix for utilities creating filesystems, with the suffix being >> the type of fs, for instance newfs_msdos(8) etc, then it becomes useful >> and reasonable. > I agree. It would be useful to mention that newfs is "special" with > respect to naming; presumably we would call it newfs_ufs if we were > now adding it where it did not already exist. Perhaps this should be a > NOTES or similar section before the SEE ALSO? Good idea. I'll try to prepare a patch.
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