Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- misc-utils/lsblk.8 | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 index 3da4e2e19..891b3f088 100644 --- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 +++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ command reads the .B sysfs filesystem and .B udev db -to gather information. If the udev db is not available or lsblk is compiled without udev support than it +to gather information. If the udev db is not available or +.B lsblk +is compiled without udev support, then it tries to read LABELs, UUIDs and filesystem types from the block device. In this case root permissions are necessary. .PP @@ -41,7 +43,9 @@ might be executed in time when does not have all information about recently added or modified devices yet. In this case it is recommended to use .B "udevadm settle" -before lsblk to synchronize with udev. +before +.B lsblk +to synchronize with udev. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR \-a , " \-\-all" @@ -162,7 +166,8 @@ than the tree branches are sorted by the \fIcolumn\fP. Print the zone model for each device. .TP .BR " \-\-sysroot " \fIdirectory\fP -Gather data for a Linux instance other than the instance from which the lsblk +Gather data for a Linux instance other than the instance from which the +.B lsblk command is issued. The specified directory is the system root of the Linux instance to be inspected. The real device nodes in the target directory can be replaced by text files with udev attributes. @@ -179,7 +184,9 @@ some specified devices found, some not found .SH ENVIRONMENT .IP LSBLK_DEBUG=all -enables lsblk debug output. +enables +.B lsblk +debug output. .IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all enables libblkid debug output. .IP LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all -- 2.26.2
