Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:03:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r190933 - head/sbin/newfs_msdos Message-ID: <200904111503.n3BF3iKj089937@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ed Date: Sat Apr 11 15:03:44 2009 New Revision: 190933 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/190933 Log: Update documentation (forgotten in r190929). Submitted by: Christoph Mallon <christoph mallon gmx de> Modified: head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 Modified: head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 Sat Apr 11 14:56:29 2009 (r190932) +++ head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 Sat Apr 11 15:03:44 2009 (r190933) @@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ Get bootstrap from file. Create the image file with the specified size. A suffix character appended to the size is interpreted as for the .Fl @ -option. The file is created by truncating any existing file with the -same name, seeking just before the required size and writing -a single 0 byte. As a consequence, the space occupied on disk -may be smaller than the size specified as a parameter. +option. +The file is created by truncating any existing file with the same name and +resizing it to the requested size. +If the file system supports sparse files, the space occupied on disk may be +smaller than the size specified as parameter. .It Fl F Ar FAT-type FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32). .It Fl I Ar volid
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