Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 GMT From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 5b9b65e92fb4 - main - Explain the newfs naming convention Message-ID: <202104172119.13HLJNib014649@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5b9b65e92fb40703038cbcf61feb4616c42e0b6e commit 5b9b65e92fb40703038cbcf61feb4616c42e0b6e Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-01-20 10:40:20 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-04-17 21:16:17 +0000 Explain the newfs naming convention It might be unclear why newfs and newfs_msdos should cross-reference each other. Add a note explaining it. This is a follow-up to 74bd20769706041108a573601cf0b61c755bdc56. Reported by: kib Reviewed by: imp, kib, rpokala MFC after: 3 days --- sbin/newfs/newfs.8 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 index 0cc1d7ce12cf..5213e4109363 100644 --- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 +++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)newfs.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 7, 2021 +.Dd April 17, 2021 .Dt NEWFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ to find the alternate superblocks if the standard superblock is lost. .It Fl S Ar sector-size The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512). .El +.Sh NOTES ON THE NAMING +.Dq newfs +is a common name prefix for utilities creating filesystems, with the suffix +indicating the type of the filesystem, for instance +.Xr newfs_msdos 8 . +The +.Nm +utility is a special case which predates that convention. .Sh EXAMPLES .Dl newfs /dev/ada3s1a .Pp
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