[parted-devel] print all & --list

[leslie.polzer at gmx.net]

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:52:33AM +0530, Debarshi Ray wrote:

> I was just wondering about the fact that although 'print all' is the
> command to display the disk labels of all active block devices, we
> use the '--list' switch to do it from Bash. Should not there be a
> similarity in nomenclature?
I'm aware of this inconsistency, and have said so in the past IIRC, but
it didn't spark a discussion.

  The problem is that people, including myself, are used to the '-l'
switch from fdisk (and it's a nice mnemonic to 'list partition layout').
  Of course, we could use this as the short option and something like
'--print-all' as the long option, but that would introduce another
inconsistency, right?

  Do you have any suggestions for solving this issue?  Maybe support
both '-l'/'--list' and '-p'/'--print-all'?

  Leslie

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