Also sort T into its proper position, improve the wording of U, and add the Left and Right arrow keys. Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- disk-utils/cfdisk.8 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index dc30b70..e4577d5 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ Display version information and exit. .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. This option allows to a create new -partition table from scratch or create a new partition table according to -a sfdisk compatible script. +reading the existing partition table. This option allows you to create a new +partition table from scratch or from an sfdisk-compatible script. .SH COMMANDS The commands for @@ -107,22 +106,27 @@ MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to the disk. .TP -.B u -Dump the current in-memory partition table to the sfdisk compatible file. -.sp -The script files are compatible between cfdisk, sfdisk, fdisk and another -libfdisk applications. For more details see -.BR sfdisk (8). -.sp -It is also possible to load sfdisk script to cfdisk if there is no partition -table on the device or when you start cfdisk with \fI--zero\fR command line -option. +.B s +Sort the partitions in ascending start-sector order. When deleting and +adding partitions, it is likely that the numbering of the partitions will +no longer match their order on the disk. This command restores that match. .TP .B t Change the partition type. By default, new partitions are created as .I Linux partitions. .TP +.B u +Dump the current in-memory partition table to an sfdisk-compatible script file. +.sp +The script files are compatible between \fBcfdisk\fR, \fBfdisk\fR, \fBsfdisk\fR +and other libfdisk applications. For more details see +.BR sfdisk (8). +.sp +It is also possible to load an sfdisk-script into \fBcfdisk\fR if there is +no partition table on the device or when you start \fBcfdisk\fR with the +\fB--zero\fR command-line option. +.TP .B W Write the partition table to disk (you must enter an uppercase W). Since this might destroy data on the disk, you must either confirm or deny @@ -143,13 +147,17 @@ Move the cursor to the previous or next partition. If there are more partitions than can be displayed on a screen, you can display the next (previous) set of partitions by moving down (up) at the last (first) partition displayed on the screen. +.TP +.IR "Left Arrow" , " Right Arrow" +Select the preceding or the next menu item. Hitting \fIEnter\fR will +execute the currently selected item. .PP All commands can be entered with either uppercase or lowercase letters (except for .BR W rite). -When in a submenu or at a prompt for entering a size, you can hit the -.I ESC +When in a submenu or at a prompt, you can hit the +.I Esc key to return to the main menu. .SH COLORS -- 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
