On Friday June 16, babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello Neil , If I add any disk partition to end of the below command as > man mdadm requests . Ok , Now I get it , "partitions" or "none" are > required . But still ... > > <Quote> > mdadm --examine --brief --scan --config=partitions > mdadm -Ebsc partitions > Create a list of devices by reading /proc/partitions, scan these for RAID superblocks, and printout a brief listing of all that was found. > <\Quote> > > root@privateers:~# mdadm -Ebsc > mdadm: option requires an argument -- c Yes, it requires an argument. The argument in I gave in the example was 'partitions'. > Usage: mdadm --help > for help > > Ok , But when I do a ... > > root@privateers:~# mdadm -Ebsc --help > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=8d5cd2c7:42544200:d2bdaaad:ce1bab0c > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=e8a0caca:1e477715:f7f74d6b:88dd401c > ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=a87d5acf:17038a98:03577e48:76e31d5c > ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=8f4b56fa:840ad5eb:0c28a667:6a46f759 > > I was expecting a help readout not the command to actually function . Yes, maybe it should have complained that '--help' was not a valid config file, which is what that command is suggesting. Putting '--help' first leaves less room for confusion, not that it would have helped much in this case. :-( $ ./mdadm --help -Ebsc ./mdadm: option requires an argument -- c Usage: mdadm --help for help NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
