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| author | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2020-11-09 12:54:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2020-11-13 12:37:19 +0100 |
| commit | 1210e9724c252c0421f6a6e8b9add4f85a0693fd (patch) | |
| tree | d2e1735c50d8a631e54ed4c708854bdf3d1ef825 | |
| parent | c2104daf78159b05be5219c7ddd2fec2b480b3f9 (diff) | |
| download | util-linux-1210e9724c252c0421f6a6e8b9add4f85a0693fd.tar.gz | |
wipefs: (man) add hint to erase on partitions and disk
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1177
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/wipefs.8 | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 index cdc6b2811..303e66135 100644 --- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 +++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ in environments where a stable output is required. calls the BLKRRPART ioctl when it has erased a partition-table signature to inform the kernel about the change. The ioctl is called as the last step and when all specified signatures from all specified devices are already erased. +This feature can be used to wipe content on partitions devices as well as partition +table on a disk device, for example by \fBwipefs \-a /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc2 /dev/sdc\fR. Note that some filesystems and some partition tables store more magic strings on the device (e.g., FAT, ZFS, GPT). The |