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Date:      Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:08:54 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r338958 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201809271208.w8RC8sQ7074402@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: 0mp (ports committer)
Date: Thu Sep 27 12:08:53 2018
New Revision: 338958
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338958

Log:
  msdosfs(5): Explain how to determine version of the FAT file system.
  
  While here, remove deprecated Tn macros.
  
  Reviewed by:	bcr
  Approved by:	re (gjb), krion (mentor)
  Sponsored by:	Bally Wulff Games & Entertainment GmbH
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17237

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5	Thu Sep 27 11:16:19 2018	(r338957)
+++ head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5	Thu Sep 27 12:08:53 2018	(r338958)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" Written by Tom Rhodes
 .\" This file is in the public domain.
 .\"
-.Dd October 1, 2013
+.Dd September 27, 2018
 .Dt MSDOSFS 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver will permit the
 .Fx
-kernel to read and write
-.Tn MS-DOS
-based file systems.
+kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems.
 .Pp
 The most common usage follows:
 .Pp
@@ -43,9 +41,7 @@ that looks similar to:
 /dev/ada0sN		/dos	msdosfs		rw	0	0
 .Ed
 .Pp
-This will mount an
-.Tn MS-DOS
-based partition at the
+This will mount an MS-DOS based partition at the
 .Pa /dos
 mount point during system boot.
 Using
@@ -58,6 +54,15 @@ See
 for more information on
 .Fx
 directory layout.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Determine which FAT file system version (e.g, FAT16, FAT32)
+is a partition formatted with:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+file -s /dev/da0s1
+.Ed
+.Pp
+.Xr gpart 8
+may also be used to extract this information.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mount 2 ,
 .Xr unmount 2 ,



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