From a9a81b1f2f55adb173a0bd660e689973d4daf9ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 23:26:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] debugfs.8, e2fsck.8: clarify man pages these programs can operate on files Addresses-Debian-Bug: #766127 Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- debugfs/debugfs.8.in | 5 ++--- e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/debugfs/debugfs.8.in b/debugfs/debugfs.8.in index 662cc9a..7c7cdcc 100644 --- a/debugfs/debugfs.8.in +++ b/debugfs/debugfs.8.in @@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ The .B debugfs program is an interactive file system debugger. It can be used to examine and change the state of an ext2, ext3, or ext4 file system. -.br +.PP .I device -is the special file corresponding to the device containing the -file system (e.g /dev/hdXX). +is a block device (e.g., /dev/sdXX) or a file containing the file system. .SH OPTIONS .TP .I \-w diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in index cf75bd6..915273d 100644 --- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in +++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ will normally replay the journal and exit, unless its superblock indicates that further checking is required. .PP .I device -is the device file where the filesystem is stored (e.g. -.IR /dev/hdc1 ). +is a block device (e.g., +.IR /dev/sdc1 ) +or file containing the file system. .PP Note that in general it is not safe to run .B e2fsck -- 1.8.3.1