Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:33:58 -0500 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org>, 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: <CAPyFy2B9OgH%2BPyXFvF144TDfcmvCc2t%2BP-6Y0gKerWcjWi3Jmw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <X/i/jU5j3p2NsHyy@kib.kiev.ua> 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>
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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?
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