e2fsprogs: add supported file attributes to ext4.5 manpage

[tools/e2fsprogs.git] / misc / badblocks.8.in

diff --git a/misc/badblocks.8.in b/misc/badblocks.8.in
index 66a14f2..f507f63 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/badblocks.8.in
+++ b/misc/badblocks.8.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ badblocks \- search a device for bad blocks
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B badblocks
 [
-.B \-svwnf
+.B \-svwnfBX
 ]
 [
 .B \-b
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ badblocks \- search a device for bad blocks
 [
 .I last-block
 ] [
-.I start-block 
+.I first-block 
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B badblocks
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g
 .I last-block
 is the last block to be checked; if it is not specified, the last block
 on the device is used as a default.
-.I start-block
+.I first-block
 is an optional parameter specifying the starting block number
 for the test, which allows the testing to start in the middle of the
 disk.  If it is not specified the first block on the disk is used as a default.
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ option of
 can be used to retrieve the list of blocks currently marked bad on
 an existing filesystem, in a format suitable for use with this option.
 .TP
+.B \-n
+Use non-destructive read-write mode.  By default only a non-destructive 
+read-only test is done.  This option must not be combined with the 
+.B \-w
+option, as they are mutually exclusive.
+.TP
 .BI \-o " output_file"
 Write the list of bad blocks to the specified file.  Without this option,
 .B badblocks
@@ -150,6 +156,15 @@ Default is 0, meaning
 .B badblocks
 will exit after the first pass.
 .TP
+.B \-s
+Show the progress of the scan by writing out rough percentage completion
+of the current badblocks pass over the disk.  Note that badblocks may do
+multiple test passes over the disk, in particular if the
+.B \-p
+or
+.B \-w
+option is requested by the user.
+.TP
 .BI \-t " test_pattern"
 Specify a test pattern to be read (and written) to disk blocks.   The
 .I test_pattern
@@ -168,18 +183,9 @@ If multiple patterns
 are specified then all blocks will be tested with one pattern 
 before proceeding to the next pattern.
 .TP
-.B \-n
-Use non-destructive read-write mode.  By default only a non-destructive 
-read-only test is done.  This option must not be combined with the 
-.B \-w
-option, as they are mutually exclusive.
-.TP
-.B \-s
-Show the progress of the scan by writing out the block numbers as they
-are checked.
-.TP
 .B \-v
-Verbose mode.
+Verbose mode.  Will write the number of read errors, write errors and data-
+corruptions to stderr.
 .TP
 .B \-w
 Use write-mode test. With this option,
@@ -190,6 +196,9 @@ This option may not be combined with the
 .B \-n 
 option, as they are mutually exclusive.
 .TP
+.B \-B
+Use buffered I/O and do not use Direct I/O, even if it is available.
+.TP
 .B \-X
 Internal flag only to be used by
 .BR e2fsck (8)