From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
To: Barry Vos <barryvos@gmail.com>
Cc: "Util-Linux" <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Typo man-page mkfs(8)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:07:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1447600053.449482.440244641.57DFABF2@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACZ46+5V8coLvm=9VnfM2aDRXZB_Hv4idSTsESLC6Ee9zGeBdw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015, at 23:24, Barry Vos wrote:
> The man-page mkfs(8) mentions that the option -V equates to --verbose.
> I think this should be -v instead.
Well, no. A leading -V gets consumed by the mkfs program itself;
a -v gets passed on to the filesystem-specific helper program.
Try it:
mkfs -V somefile
mkfs -V -v somefile
mkfs -v somefile
mkfs -v -V somefile
Benno
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2015-11-13 22:24 Typo man-page mkfs(8) Barry Vos
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