Manual pages: sfdisk.8: Minor wording and formatting fixes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sfdisk \- display or manipulate a disk partition table
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B sfdisk
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is a script-oriented tool for partitioning any block device. It
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runs in interactive mode if executed on terminal (stdin refers to a terminal).
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runs in interactive mode if executed on a terminal (stdin refers to a terminal).
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Since version 2.26
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.B sfdisk
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@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ to alignment if the start offset is specified exactly in sectors and partition
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size relative or by multiplicative suffixes.
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The recommended way is not to specify start offsets at all and specify
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partition size in MiB, GiB (or so). In this case sfdisk align all partitions
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partition size in MiB, GiB (or so). In this case
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.B sfdisk
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aligns all partitions
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to block-device I/O limits (or when I/O limits are too small then to megabyte
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boundary to keep disk layout portable). If this default behaviour is unwanted
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(usually for very small partitions) then specify offsets and sizes in
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sectors. In this case sfdisk entirely follows specified numbers without any
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sectors. In this case
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.B sfdisk
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entirely follows specified numbers without any
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optimization.
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.sp
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.B sfdisk
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.B sfdisk
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uses BLKRRPART (reread partition table) ioctl to make sure that the device is
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not used by system or other tools (see also \-\-no-reread). It's possible that
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this feature or another sfdisk activity races with \fBudevd\fR. The recommended way
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this feature or another
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.B sfdisk
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activity races with \fBudevd\fR. The recommended way
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how to avoid possible collisions is to use \fB\-\-lock\fR option.
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The exclusive lock will cause udevd to skip the event handling on the device.
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.PP
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The sfdisk prompt is only a hint for users and a displayed partition number does
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The
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.B sfdisk
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prompt is only a hint for users and a displayed partition number does
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not mean that the same partition table entry will be created (if -N not
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specified), especially for tables with gaps.
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@ -96,8 +104,10 @@ bootable flag on all unspecified partitions. The special placeholder '\-'
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may be used instead of the partition numbers to switch off the bootable flag
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on all partitions.
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The activation command is supported for MBR and PMBR only. If GPT label is detected
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than sfdisk prints warning and automatically enter PMBR.
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The activation command is supported for MBR and PMBR only.
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If a GPT label is detected, then
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.B sfdisk
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prints warning and automatically enters PMBR.
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If no \fIpartition-number\fR is specified, then list the partitions with an
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enabled flag.
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.TP
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.B \-\-move\-use\-fsync
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Use fsync system call after each write when move data to a new location by
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Use the
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.BR fsync (2)
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system call after each write when moving data to a new location by
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\fB\-\-move\-data\fR.
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.TP
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.BR \-o , " \-\-output " \fIlist
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except the old partition-table signatures which are always wiped before create
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a new partition-table if the argument \fIwhen\fR is not \fBnever\fR. In all
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cases detected signatures are reported by warning messages before a new
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partition table is created. See also
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partition table is created. See also the
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.BR wipefs (8)
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command.
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is given in hex for MBR (DOS) where 0x prefix is optional; a GUID string for
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GPT; a shortcut or an alias. It's recommended to use two letters for MBR hex codes to
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avoid collision between deprecated shortcut 'E' and '0E' MBR hex code. For backward
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compatibility sfdisk tries to interpret
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compatibility
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.B sfdisk
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tries to interpret
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.I type
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as a shortcut as a first possibility in partitioning scripts although on other places (e.g.
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\fB\-\-part-type command)\fR it tries shortcuts as the last possibility.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.IP SFDISK_DEBUG=all
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enables sfdisk debug output.
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enablescw
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.B sfdisk
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debug output.
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.IP LIBFDISK_DEBUG=all
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enables libfdisk debug output.
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.IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
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