Hello Neil , See below ... On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Neil Brown wrote:
On Monday July 28, jnelson-linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:mdadm --grow --help shows --raid-disks= -n : Change the number of active devices in an array. : array. but the manpage uses: --raid-devices The latter should be preferred? Also, a --grow fails without a spare or --backup-file, however --backup-file is only in the manpage, not in the --help. That's pretty minor but useful.Fair comments. Does this address your observations suitably? Thanks. NeilBrown diff --git a/ReadMe.c b/ReadMe.c index 0a736ed..7a67158 100644 --- a/ReadMe.c +++ b/ReadMe.c @@ -518,9 +518,12 @@ char Help_grow[] = " --size= -z : Change the active size of devices in an array.\n" " : This is useful if all devices have been replaced\n" " : with larger devices.\n" -" --raid-disks= -n : Change the number of active devices in an array.\n" +" --raid-devices= -n : Change the number of active devices in an array.\n" " : array.\n"
To what command ^^^^^^^^^^^ is this associated in the --help output ? Hth , JimL -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network&System Engineer | 2133 McCullam Ave | Give me Linux | | babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Fairbanks, AK. 99701 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- 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
