Date: 02 Dec 2001 19:18:03 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/32452: disklabel(8)'s "examine or save" is confusing. Message-ID: <gllmglng9g.mgl@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 32452 >Category: docs >Synopsis: disklabel(8)'s "examine or save" is confusing. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 02 19:20:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: disklabel(8)'s "Reading the disk label" section starts out "To examine or save the label on a disk drive,...". This is confusing. The given command (disklabel [-r] disk) doesn't save anything (except to standard out, but that should go without saying). It reads as if the command might save something on the disk drive. ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: Remove "or save " with this patch: patch -d "unknown uncompressed man directory" < this-PR --- disklabel.8.old Sun Dec 2 19:04:31 2001 +++ disklabel.8 Sun Dec 2 19:07:38 2001 @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ will automatically prepend it. .Ss Reading the disk label .Pp -To examine or save the label on a disk drive, use +To examine the label on a disk drive, use .Nm without options: .Pp >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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