From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A582E7F4E for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:16:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72041304043 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:16:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id k2NQu60xPrMaRGOY for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:16:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r6G2GrX6030959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:16:53 -0400 Received: from Liberator-563.local (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r6G2Gqf1016711 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:16:53 -0400 Message-ID: <51E4AD14.7080904@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:16:52 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [PATCH] xfs_metadump: manpage fix regarding frozen fs List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: "'linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com'" The xfs_metadump manpage states that metadump works on a frozen filesystem; it does not. In fact, there is no way to detect a frozen filesystem, so we can't make it work, either. So just remove this from the manpage; unmounted or RO mounted is what is enforced by xfs_metadump. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen --- diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 index 26cea97..4fa1b1c 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 @@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ is \-, then the output is sent to stdout. This allows the output to be redirected to another program such as a compression application. .PP .B xfs_metadump -should only be used to copy unmounted filesystems, read-only mounted -filesystems, or frozen filesystems (see -.BR xfs_freeze (8)). -Otherwise, the generated dump could be inconsistent or corrupt. +may only be used to copy unmounted filesystems, or read-only mounted +filesystems. .PP .B xfs_metadump does not alter the source filesystem in any way. The _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs