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| author | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2006-04-06 16:20:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2006-04-06 16:20:40 +0000 |
| commit | 823a36448f2c33aff72fab863b228c1307adf30f (patch) | |
| tree | b5d62de6931e93358b6fd8642ef32609508be8f2 /man/dmsetup.8.in | |
| parent | 472ac5bdd539d00bbc5c09270f1216a491b116a6 (diff) | |
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Bring dmsetup man page up-to-date.
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diff --git a/man/dmsetup.8.in b/man/dmsetup.8.in index 65922ea2..a58dd158 100644 --- a/man/dmsetup.8.in +++ b/man/dmsetup.8.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH DMSETUP 8 "Sep 17 2003" "Linux" "MAINTENTANCE COMMANDS" +.TH DMSETUP 8 "Apr 06 2006" "Linux" "MAINTENTANCE COMMANDS" .SH NAME dmsetup \- low level logical volume management .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dmsetup \- low level logical volume management .B dmsetup remove_all .br .B dmsetup suspend -.I device_name +.I [--nolockfs] device_name .br .B dmsetup resume .I device_name @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dmsetup \- low level logical volume management .B dmsetup rename .I device_name new_name .br -.B dmsetup ls [--target target_type] [--exec command] +.B dmsetup ls [--target target_type] [--exec command] [--tree [-o options]] .br .B dmsetup info .I [device_name] @@ -147,10 +147,17 @@ Outputs some brief information about the device in the form: .IP \fBls .I [--target target_type] .I [--exec command] +.I [--tree [-o options]] .br List device names. Optionally only list devices that have at least one target of the specified type. Optionally execute a command for each device. The device name is appended to the supplied command. +--tree displays dependencies between devices as a tree. +It accepts a comma-separate list of options. +Some specify the information displayed against each node: +device/nodevice; active, open, rw, uuid. +Others specify how the tree is displayed: +ascii, utf, vt100; compact, inverted, notrunc. .IP \fBload|reload .I device_name [table_file] .br @@ -183,11 +190,14 @@ Outputs status information for each of the device's targets. With --target, only information relating to the specified target type is displayed. .IP \fBsuspend +.I [--nolockfs] .I device_name .br Suspends a device. Any I/O that has already been mapped by the device but has not yet completed will be flushed. Any further I/O to that device will be postponed for as long as the device is suspended. +If there's a filesystem on the device which supports the operation, +an attempt will be made to sync it first unless --nolockfs is specified. .IP \fBtable .I [--target target_type] .I [device_name] |