From: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] cfdisk: minor man page improvements
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:48:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396943329-22347-10-git-send-email-ooprala@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1396943329-22347-1-git-send-email-ooprala@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
---
disk-utils/cfdisk.8 | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
index 64197ef..01bde08 100644
--- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" " for hilit mode
.TH CFDISK 8 "March 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
-cfdisk \- display or manipulate disk partition table
+cfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cfdisk
.RB [ options ]
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ The default device is /dev/sda.
Note that
.B cfdisk
-provides basic partitioning functionality by user friendly interface. If you
-need advanced features then use
+provides basic partitioning functionality by a user friendly interface. If you
+need advanced features, use
.BR fdisk (8).
Since version 2.25
.BR cfdisk (8)
-supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it does not provides any
+supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it does not provide any
functionality in regards to CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing. CHS has
never been important for Linux and this addressing concept does not make any
sense for new devices.
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ utils
.BR partx (8)
and
.BR lsblk (8)
-in very comfortable and rich way.
+in a very comfortable and rich way.
-If you want to remove an old partition table from device than use
+If you want to remove an old partition table from a device, use
.BR wipefs (8).
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]"
Colorize output, enabled by default. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP can be
\fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted,
-then it defaults to \fBauto\fR.
+it defaults to \fBauto\fR.
.IP "\fB-V, \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ after the command is not necessary). Here is a list of the available
commands:
.TP
.B b
-Toggle bootable flag of the current partition. This allows you to
-select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command does not
-have to available for all partition label types.
+Toggle the bootable flag of the current partition. This allows you to
+select which primary partition is bootable on the drive. This command may not
+be available for all partition label types.
.TP
.B d
Delete the current partition. This will convert the current partition
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB"
is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB")
.TP
.B q
-Quit program. This will exit the program without writing any data to
-disk.
+Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to
+the disk.
.TP
.B t
Change the partition type. By default, new partitions are created as
--
1.8.5.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-08 7:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-08 7:48 [PATCH 00/10] Man page corrections v1.0 Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 01/10] last: fix minor typos in the man page Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 02/10] runuser: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 03/10] su: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 04/10] sulogin: minor man page improvements Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 05/10] utmpdump: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 06/10] nologin: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 07/10] vipw: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 08/10] addpart: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` Ondrej Oprala [this message]
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 10/10] delpart: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-14 11:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Man page corrections v1.0 Karel Zak
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