[dm-devel] [PATCH] Update kpartx manpage with current output

Ritesh Raj Sarraf rrs at debian.org
Mon Jun 13 08:40:47 UTC 2016


See Debian Bug #796948 for details
Many users are reported to be consuming the output in a scripted setup

Signed-off-by: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs at debian.org>
---
 kpartx/kpartx.8 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kpartx/kpartx.8 b/kpartx/kpartx.8
index 021ddc0..564d93b 100644
--- a/kpartx/kpartx.8
+++ b/kpartx/kpartx.8
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ kpartx \-av disk.img
 .PP
 This will output lines such as:
 .IP
-loop3p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/loop3 63
+add map loop1p1 (254:4): 0 409597 linear 7:1 3
 .PP
 The 
-.I loop3p1
+.I loop1p1
 is the name of a device file under 
 .I /dev/mapper
 which you can use to access the partition, for example to fsck it:
 .IP
-fsck /dev/mapper/loop3p1
+fsck /dev/mapper/loop1p1
 .PP
 When you're done, you need to remove the devices:
 .IP
-- 
2.8.1




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