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author | Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com> | 2014-11-19 00:35:04 +0100 |
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committer | Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com> | 2014-11-19 01:09:24 +0100 |
commit | 10330b8782628d981b05de7c06da4370e4b34ff0 (patch) | |
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parent | 731e99025bf66967de365fb7a79d5689dc14d5fe (diff) | |
download | lvm2-10330b8782628d981b05de7c06da4370e4b34ff0.tar.gz |
man: blkdeactivate help output
- Closer to the recommendation of man-pages and groff_man (7) if
possible
- Sort options and crossrefs
- Relocate sub-options on the right places
Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
-rw-r--r-- | man/blkdeactivate.8.in | 76 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/man/blkdeactivate.8.in b/man/blkdeactivate.8.in index bfd020430..ebeaeaabe 100644 --- a/man/blkdeactivate.8.in +++ b/man/blkdeactivate.8.in @@ -3,57 +3,61 @@ blkdeactivate \(em utility to deactivate block devices .SH SYNOPSIS .B blkdeactivate -.RI [ options ] -.RI [ device... ] -.sp +.RB [ \-d \ \fIdm_options\fP ] +.RB [ \-e ] +.RB [ \-h ] +.RB [ \-l \ \fIlvm_options\fP ] +.RB [ \-u ] +.RB [ \-v ] +.RS +.RI [ device ] +.RE .SH DESCRIPTION blkdeactivate utility deactivates block devices. If a device is mounted, the utility can unmount it automatically before trying to deactivate. The utility currently supports -\fIdevice-mapper\fP devices, including \fILVM\fP volumes. -LVM volumes are handled directly using the \fIlvm\fP command. +device-mapper devices, including LVM volumes. +LVM volumes are handled directly using the \fBlvm\fP(8) command. Other device-mapper based devices are handled using the -\fIdmsetup\fP command. +\fBdmsetup\fP(8) command. .SH OPTIONS .TP +.BR \-d ", " \-\-dmoption \ \fIdm_options\fP +Comma separated list of device-mapper specific options. +Accepted \fBdmsetup\fP(8) options are: +.RS +.IP \fIretry\fP +Retry removal several times in case of failure. +.IP \fIforce\fP +Force device removal. +.RE +.TP .BR \-e ", " \-\-errors -Show errors reported from tools called by blkdeactivate. -Without this option, any error messages from these external tools -are suppressed and the blkdeactivate itself provides only a summary -message about device being skipped or not. +Show errors reported from tools called by \fBblkdeactivate\fP. Without this +option, any error messages from these external tools are suppressed and the +\fBblkdeactivate\fP itself provides only a summary message about device being +skipped or not. .TP .BR \-h ", " \-\-help Display the help text. .TP +.BR \-l ", " \-\-lvmoption \ \fIlvm_options\fP +Comma separated list of LVM specific options: +.RS +.IP \fIretry\fP +Retry removal several times in case of failure. +.IP \fIwholevg\fP +Deactivate the whole LVM Volume Group when processing a Logical Volume. +Deactivating Volume Group as a whole takes less time than deactivating each +Logical Volume separately. +.RE +.TP .BR \-u ", " \-\-umount Unmount a mounted device before trying to deactivate it. Without this option used, a device that is mounted is not deactivated. .TP .BR \-v ", " \-\-verbose Run in verbose mode. -.TP -.BR \-d ", " \-\-dmoption " " \fIdm_options -Comma separated list of device-mapper specific options. -.TP -.BR \-l ", " \-\-lvmoption " " \fIlvm_options -Comma separated list of LVM specific options. -.SH DM_OPTIONS -.TP -.B retry -Retry removal several times in case of failure. -.TP -.B force -Force device removal. See \fBdmsetup\fP(8) for more information. -.SH LVM_OPTIONS -.TP -.B retry -Retry removal several times in case of failure. -.TP -.B wholevg -Deactivate the whole LVM Volume Group when processing a Logical Volume. -Deactivating Volume Group as a whole takes less time than deactivating -each Logical Volume separately. - .SH EXAMPLES .sp Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If a device @@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ of device-mapper devices in case the deactivation fails and force removal. .B blkdeactivate \-d force,retry .SH SEE ALSO -.BR lsblk (8) +.BR dmsetup (8), +.BR lsblk (8), +.BR lvm (8), .BR umount (8) -.BR dmsetup (8) -.BR lvm (8) |