From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:55790 "EHLO out5-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751817AbbKOPHh (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:07:37 -0500 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3253F201E0 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:07:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1447600053.449482.440244641.57DFABF2@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: Barry Vos Cc: "Util-Linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: Typo man-page mkfs(8) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:07:33 +0100 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- http://www.fastmail.com - The professional email service