[parted-devel] [PATCH 2/5] doc: Document --fix flag

cristian at kleinlabs.eu cristian at kleinlabs.eu
Fri Dec 11 21:19:23 GMT 2020


From: Cristian Klein <cristian.klein at elastisys.com>

Also fix copyright year, to please `make syntax-check`.
---
 doc/C/parted.8  | 3 +++
 doc/parted.texi | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8
index 297c39a..d8e556e 100644
--- a/doc/C/parted.8
+++ b/doc/C/parted.8
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ displays machine parseable output
 .B -s, --script
 never prompts for user intervention
 .TP
+.B -f, --fix
+automatically answer "fix" to exceptions in script mode
+.TP
 .B -v, --version
 displays the version
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
index 213fc84..84d39c8 100644
--- a/doc/parted.texi
+++ b/doc/parted.texi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and manipulating partition tables.
 @ifnottex @c texi2pdf don't understand copying and insertcopying ???
 @c modifications must also be done in the titlepage
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2014, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2014, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@ display a help message
 @itemx --script
 never prompt the user
 
+ at item -f
+ at itemx --fix
+automatically answer exceptions with "fix" in script mode, whcih is useful for:
+GPT header not including full disk size; moving the backup GPT table to the end of the disk;
+MAC fix missing partition map entry; etc.
+
 @item -a alignment-type
 @itemx --align alignment-type
 Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types are:
-- 
2.25.1




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