Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- disk-utils/cfdisk.8 | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index c5fe2b4..6471de6 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ .\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a .\" permission notice identical to this one. .\" -.\" " for hilit mode .TH CFDISK 8 "March 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME cfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table @@ -22,25 +21,27 @@ cfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table .SH DESCRIPTION .B cfdisk is a curses-based program for partitioning any block device. -The default device is /dev/sda. +The default device is +.BR /dev/sda . Note that .B cfdisk -provides basic partitioning functionality by a user friendly interface. If you -need advanced features, use -.BR fdisk (8). +provides basic partitioning functionality with a user-friendly interface. +If you need advanced features, use +.BR fdisk (8) +instead. Since version 2.25 -.BR cfdisk (8) -supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it does not provide any -functionality in regards to CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing. CHS has -never been important for Linux and this addressing concept does not make any +.B cfdisk +supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but no longer provides any +functionality for CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing. CHS has +never been important for Linux, and this addressing concept does not make any sense for new devices. Since version 2.25 -.BR cfdisk (8) -also does not provide a 'print' command. This functionality is provided by -utils +.B cfdisk +also does not provide a 'print' command any more. +This functionality is provided by the utilities .BR partx (8) and .BR lsblk (8) @@ -50,29 +51,34 @@ If you want to remove an old partition table from a device, use .BR wipefs (8). .SH OPTIONS -.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" +.TP +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" Display help text and exit. -.IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]" -Colorize output, enabled by default. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP can be +.TP +.BR \-L , " \-\-color" [ = \fIwhen\fR] +Colorize the output; enabled by default. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP can be \fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted, it defaults to \fBauto\fR. -.IP "\fB-V, \-\-version" +.TP +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" Display version information and exit. -.IP "\fB-z, \-\-zero" -Start with in-memory zeroed partition table. This option does not zero the +.TP +.BR \-z , " \-\-zero" +Start with an in-memory zeroed partition table. This option does not zero the partition table on the disk; rather, it simply starts the program without reading the existing partition table. .SH COMMANDS +The commands for .B cfdisk -commands can be entered by pressing the desired key (pressing +can be entered by pressing the corresponding key (pressing .I Enter after the command is not necessary). Here is a list of the available commands: .TP .B b Toggle the bootable flag of the current partition. This allows you to -select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command may not +select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command may not be available for all partition label types. .TP .B d @@ -82,18 +88,18 @@ surrounding the current partition. A partition already marked as free space or marked as unusable cannot be deleted. .TP .B h -Print the help screen. +Show the help screen. .TP .B n -Create a new partition from free space. +Create a new partition from free space. .B cfdisk -next prompts you for the size of the partition you want to create. +then prompts you for the size of the partition you want to create. The default size is equal to the entire available free space at the current position. -The size may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB=1024, -MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" -is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") +The size may be followed by a multiplicative suffix: KiB (=1024), +MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB +(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"). .TP .B q Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to @@ -112,11 +118,12 @@ the write by entering `yes' or `no'. If you enter `yes', will write the partition table to disk and then tell the kernel to re-read the partition table from the disk. -The re-reading of the partition table does not work in some cases. In such a -case you need to inform the kernel about new partitions by -.BR partprobe (8), -.BR kpartx (8) -or reboot the system. +The re-reading of the partition table does not always work. In such a +case you need to inform the kernel about any new partitions by using +.BR partprobe (8) +or +.BR partx (8), +or by rebooting the system. .TP .IR "Up Arrow" , " Down Arrow" Move the cursor to the previous or next partition. If there are more @@ -125,22 +132,23 @@ partitions than can be displayed on a screen, you can display the next partition displayed on the screen. .PP -All of the commands can be entered with either upper or lower case +All commands can be entered with either uppercase or lowercase letters (except for .BR W rite). -When in a sub-menu or at a prompt to enter a filename, you can hit the +When in a submenu or at a prompt for entering a size, you can hit the .I ESC -key to return to the main command line. +key to return to the main menu. .SH COLORS -Implicit coloring can be disabled by an empty file \fI/etc/terminal-colors.d/cfdisk.disable\fR. +Implicit coloring can be disabled by creating the empty file +.IR /etc/terminal-colors.d/cfdisk.disable . See .BR terminal-colors.d (5) for more details about colorization configuration. .B cfdisk -does not support colors customization by color scheme file. +does not support color customization with a color-scheme file. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fdisk (8), @@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ does not support colors customization by color scheme file. .SH AUTHOR Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> .PP -The current cfdisk implemntation is based on the original cfdisk +The current cfdisk implementation is based on the original cfdisk from Kevin E. Martin (martin@xxxxxxxxxx). .SH AVAILABILITY -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
