blkid: cleanup man page info about lsblk
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@ -55,10 +55,21 @@ from the content metadata (e.g. LABEL or UUID fields).
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.PP
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.B It is recommended to use
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.BR lsblk (8)
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.B command to get information about block devices rather than blkid.
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.B command to get information about block devices, or lsblk --fs to get an overview of filesystems, or
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.BR findmnt (8)
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.B to search in already mounted filesystems.
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.PP
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.RS
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.BR lsblk (8)
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provides more information, better control on output formatting and it does not
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require root permissions to get actual information.
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provides more information, better control on output formatting, easy to use in
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scripts and it does not require root permissions to get actual information.
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.B blkid
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reads information directly from devices and for non-root users
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it returns cached unverified information.
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.B blkid
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is mostly designed for system services and to test libblkid functionality.
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.RE
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.PP
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When
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.I device
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.I /proc/partitions
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are shown, if they are recognized.
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.PP
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Note that
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.B blkid
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reads information directly from devices and for non-root users
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it returns cached unverified information. It is better to use
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.B lsblk --fs
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to get a user-friendly overview of filesystems and devices.
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.BR lsblk (8)
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is also easy to use in scripts.
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.B blkid
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is mostly designed for system services and to test libblkid functionality.
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.PP
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.B blkid
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has two main forms of operation: either searching for a device with a
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specific NAME=value pair, or displaying NAME=value pairs for one or
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For usage or other errors, an exit code of 4 is returned.
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If an ambivalent low-level probing result was detected, an exit code of 8 is
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If an ambivalent probing result was detected by low-level probing mode (\fB\-p\fR), an exit code of 8 is
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returned.
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
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The standard location of the
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