Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:29:21 -0500 (EST) From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/31883: warning in Handbook about umount -f Message-ID: <200111091929.OAA16131@blackhelicopters.org>
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>Number: 31883
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: warning in Handbook about umount -f
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 09 11:30:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Lucas
>Release: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
current -doc tree
>Description:
The Handbook mentions use of umount -f, but does not mention that
there is any risk involved with this.
This section of the Handbook also has several areas where hard tabs
are used instead of spaces. Does this warrant a separate PR?
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
*** 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
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*** 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 can 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
>Release-Note:
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