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Date: 02 Dec 2001 19:18:03 -0800
From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
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Subject: docs/32452: disklabel(8)'s "examine or save" is confusing.
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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:

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