Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:23:24 +1300 From: James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jurgen Weber <jurgen@ish.com.au>, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Subject: Re: gpart, bsdlabel and fdisk Message-ID: <f0dd9eb90910211423l6935ae64g6e74a212f5d60202@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5208B24B-0ED9-493F-81E4-04BF33FA9062@mac.com> References: <4ADE995A.8080009@ish.com.au> <5208B24B-0ED9-493F-81E4-04BF33FA9062@mac.com>
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2009/10/22 Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>: > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: >> * is there some source of good documentation out there other than the man >> page for gpart? > > man gpart. I had to read the source. With respect, the man page for gpart(8) is slightly misleading - it lists the -s and -b parameters to 'add' as compulsory, and omits the 'interesting' (and useful) size suffix decoding logic. I would post a patch, but I have no working FreeBSD box for the next couple of weeks. My NZD$0.02, -James Butler
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