On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 09:43:52AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: > We go in reverse direction, not reserve direction. > We go in forward direction, not forwards direction. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> Reserve all forwards, Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --D > --- > > diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8 > index caf3f15..1103dc4 100644 > --- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 > +++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8 > @@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ dump the contents of the buffer after reading, > by default only the count of bytes actually read is dumped. > .TP > .B \-F > -read the buffers in a forwards sequential direction. > +read the buffers in a forward sequential direction. > .TP > .B \-B > -read the buffers in a reserve sequential direction. > +read the buffers in a reverse sequential direction. > .TP > .B \-R > read the buffers in the give range in a random order. > @@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ is used when the data to write is not coming from a file. > The default buffer fill pattern value is 0xcdcdcdcd. > .TP > .B \-F > -write the buffers in a forwards sequential direction. > +write the buffers in a forward sequential direction. > .TP > .B \-B > -write the buffers in a reserve sequential direction. > +write the buffers in a reverse sequential direction. > .TP > .B \-R > write the buffers in the give range in a random order. >