From 82b39c9f54da4c5f9f507a3e8138030a3a7f62a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:08:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Clarify manual pages about using the caret ('^') character to negate feature sets when using the -O option. Define the has_journal feature to avoid confusion about what ^has_journal means. --- misc/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ misc/mke2fs.8.in | 4 +++- misc/tune2fs.8.in | 5 +++-- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog index 2165d73..772addd 100644 --- a/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2002-09-24 Theodore Ts'o + + * mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Clarify manual pages about using the + caret ('^') character to negate feature sets when using + the -O option. Define the has_journal feature to avoid + confusion about what ^has_journal means. + 2001-09-24 Theodore Tso * Release of E2fsprogs 1.29 diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in index b0402b3..f275a2f 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in @@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ of the executable. .TP .B "\-O \fIfeature\fR[,...]" -Create filesystem with given features (filesystem options). +Create filesystem with given features (filesystem options). Features +which are normally turned on by default may be disabled by prefixing the +feature with a caret ('^') symbol. Currently, the .B sparse_super and diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in index 3a15a58..8c98256 100644 --- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in @@ -275,9 +275,10 @@ Limit the number of backup superblocks to save space on large filesystems. Store file type information in directory entries. .TP .B has_journal -Create an ext3 journal (as if using the +Use a journal to ensure filesystem consistency even across unclean shutdowns. +Setting the filesystem feature is equivalent to using the .B \-j -option). +option. .RE .IP After setting or clearing -- 1.8.3.1