From owner-dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Sat Apr 17 21:19:23 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3D95E418C; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FN5Yl1xKLz3Mkx; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 356261F709; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 13HLJNGQ014650; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 13HLJNib014649; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 GMT Message-Id: <202104172119.13HLJNib014649@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> Subject: git: 5b9b65e92fb4 - main - Explain the newfs naming convention MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: 0mp X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 5b9b65e92fb40703038cbcf61feb4616c42e0b6e Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:19:23 -0000 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