From: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] addpart: minor man page improvements
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:48:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396943329-22347-9-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/addpart.8 | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/disk-utils/addpart.8 b/disk-utils/addpart.8
index 9dcd0a3..875ca9e 100644
--- a/disk-utils/addpart.8
+++ b/disk-utils/addpart.8
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2007" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
addpart \-
-simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
+a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B addpart
.I device partition start length
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B addpart
-is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.
+is a program that informs the Linux kernel of a new partition.
-This command doesn't manipulate partitions on hard drive.
+This command doesn't manipulate partitions on the hard drive.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Specify the disk device.
Specify the partition number.
.TP
.I start
-Specify the begin of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
+Specify the beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
.TP
.I length
Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
--
1.8.5.1
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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 ` Ondrej Oprala [this message]
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 09/10] cfdisk: " Ondrej Oprala
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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