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Manual pages: blockdev.8: Minor wording and formatting fixes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2020-07-24 12:06:07 +02:00 committed by Karel Zak
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@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Be quiet.
Be verbose.
.IP "\fB\-\-report\fP"
Print a report for the specified device. It is possible to give multiple
devices. If none is given, all devices which appear in /proc/partitions are
devices. If none is given, all devices which appear in
.I /proc/partitions
are
shown. Note that the partition StartSec is in 512-byte sectors.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR"
Display help text and exit.
@ -44,8 +46,9 @@ Flush buffers.
.IP "\fB\-\-getalignoff\fP"
Get alignment offset.
.IP "\fB\-\-getbsz\fP"
Print blocksize in bytes. This size does not describe device topology. It's
size used internally by kernel and it maybe modified (for example) by
Print the blocksize in bytes.
This size does not describe device topology. It's
the size used internally by ithe kernel and it may be modified (for example) by
filesystem driver on mount.
.IP "\fB\-\-getdiscardzeroes\fP"
Get discard zeroes support status.
@ -66,7 +69,9 @@ Get read-only. Print 1 if the device is read-only, 0 otherwise.
.IP "\fB\-\-getsize64\fP"
Print device size in bytes.
.IP "\fB\-\-getsize\fP"
Print device size (32-bit!) in sectors. Deprecated in favor of the \-\-getsz option.
Print device size (32-bit!) in sectors. Deprecated in favor of the
.B \-\-getsz
option.
.IP "\fB\-\-getss\fP"
Print logical sector size in bytes \(en usually 512.
.IP "\fB\-\-getsz\fP"
@ -76,14 +81,21 @@ Reread partition table
.IP "\fB\-\-setbsz\fP \fIbytes\fP"
Set blocksize. Note that the block size is specific to the current file
descriptor opening the block device, so the change of block size only persists
for as long as blockdev has the device open, and is lost once blockdev exits.
for as long as
.B blockdev
has the device open, and is lost once
.B blockdev
exits.
.IP "\fB\-\-setfra\fP \fIsectors\fP"
Set filesystem readahead (same like \-\-setra on 2.6 kernels).
Set filesystem readahead (same as
.B \-\-setra
on 2.6 kernels).
.IP "\fB\-\-setra\fP \fIsectors\fP"
Set readahead (in 512-byte sectors).
.IP "\fB\-\-setro\fP"
Set read-only. The currently active access to the device may not be affected by the change. For example
filesystem already mounted in read-write mode will not be affected. The change applies after remount.
Set read-only. The currently active access to the device may not be affected by the change. For example,
a filesystem already mounted in read-write mode will not be affected.
The change applies after remount.
.IP "\fB\-\-setrw\fP"
Set read-write.
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