From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff B Subject: Re: fs(5) man page is out of date Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:31:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4BF43CAB.7090907@myLetters.US> References: <4BF2BAD0.5070100@myLetters.US> <20100518185651.GQ16800@machine.or.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070109040003030304030605" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100518185651.GQ16800-DDGJ70k9y3lX+M3pkMnKjw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Petr Baudis Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Jeff B List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070109040003030304030605 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On 05/18/2010 02:56 PM, Petr Baudis wrote: > > Hi! > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:05:36PM -0400, Jeff B wrote: > >> Just FYI the fs(5) man page is woefully out of date. The version on your >> website at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man5/fs.5.html, >> dated 2007-12-14, does not mention EXT4 and NTFS, among other things. >> > Patches are welcome. > > Kind regards, > Petr "Pasky" Baudis > OK, you want a patch, you get a patch. This is against the latest version, man-pages-3.24, of the filesystems.5 man page. I added references to ext4 and ntfs by condensing information I took from the Wikipedia pages for those file systems. I hope it is acceptable that I attached the patch in diff -u format; pasting it into this eMail was converting tabs into spaces. > cksum filesystems.5.2010-05-19.new.patch.u 55916840 1656 filesystems.5.2010-05-19.new.patch.u Jeff Barry --------------070109040003030304030605 Content-Type: text/plain; name="filesystems.5.2010-05-19.new.patch.u" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filesystems.5.2010-05-19.new.patch.u" --- filesystems.5.man-pages-3.24.ori 2010-02-25 23:46:53.000000000 -0500 +++ filesystems.5.2010-05-19.new 2010-05-19 15:08:55.653199451 -0400 @@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ .\" .\" 2007-12-14 mtk Added Reiserfs, XFS, JFS. .\" -.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2007-12-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.\" 2010-05-19 Jeff Barry, Added ext4 and ntfs. +.\" +.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2010-05-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .nh .SH NAME -filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, Reiserfs, +filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, Reiserfs, XFS, JFS, xia, msdos, -umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs +umsdos, vfat, ntfs, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs .SH DESCRIPTION When, as is customary, the .B proc @@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ It is easy to switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3. .TP +.B ext4 +is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and reliability enhancements, plus huge increases in volume, file, and directory size limits. +.TP .B Reiserfs is a journaling file system, designed by Hans Reiser, that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.1. @@ -116,6 +121,9 @@ is an extended DOS file system used by Microsoft Windows95 and Windows NT. VFAT adds the capability to use long filenames under the MSDOS file system. .TP +.B ntfs +replaces Microsoft Window's *FAT* file systems (eg VFAT, FAT32). It has reliability, performance, and space utilization enhancements plus features like ACLs, journaling, encryption, etc. +.TP .B proc is a pseudo file system which is used as an interface to kernel data structures rather than reading and interpreting --------------070109040003030304030605-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html