On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:34:35AM -0400, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> > From: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 10:30:39AM -0400, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> > > On Fedora 19, the man page for losetup says:
> > >
> > > Delete all used loop devices:
> > >
> > > losetup -D
> > >
> > > That should be "Delete all *unused* loop devices:", I'm sure.
> >
> > "used" means loop devices that have backing file, I have replaced the
> > text with "Detach all associated loop devices:"
>
> Does it detach loop devices that are associated and also mounted or
> otherwise opened? My test case does not attempt to do that.
>
> So the criterion is that the loop device has to be "used" in the sense
> of being associated but "not used" in the sense of being open. Maybe
> "Delete all associated loop devices that are not opened"? (Mounting
> is known to be a variety of opening.)
Well, I'd like to keep synopsis section brief. It would be better to
add such details to --detach and --detach-all description where we
can be more verbose. Any volunteer? :-)
Karel
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