Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 06:50:07 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31883: warning in Handbook about umount -f Message-ID: <200111121450.fACEo7X61140@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/31883; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31883: warning in Handbook about umount -f Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:48:05 -0500 --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 01:53:50AM +0100, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org wrote: > > > > ! unmounting filesystems can crash the computer or damage data > ^^^ may > > ! on the filesystem.</para> As someone else suggested, "might" is probably most appropriate here. But thanks. Patch attached. -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=umount *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml-dist Fri Nov 9 14:21:12 2001 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml Fri Nov 9 14:27:36 2001 *************** *** 694,700 **** <option>-A</option> option.</para> <para>All forms take <option>-f</option> to force unmounting, ! and <option>-v</option> for verbosity.</para> <para><option>-a</option> and <option>-A</option> are used to unmount all mounted filesystems, possibly modified by the --- 694,703 ---- <option>-A</option> option.</para> <para>All forms take <option>-f</option> to force unmounting, ! and <option>-v</option> for verbosity. Be warned that ! <option>-f</option> is not generally a good idea. Forcibly ! unmounting filesystems might crash the computer or damage data ! on the filesystem.</para> <para><option>-a</option> and <option>-A</option> are used to unmount all mounted filesystems, possibly modified by the --DocE+STaALJfprDB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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