Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 06:00:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r326918 - in stable: 10 10/usr.sbin/fdformat 11 11/usr.sbin/fdformat Message-ID: <201712170600.vBH60nNT015473@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: cy Date: Sun Dec 17 06:00:49 2017 New Revision: 326918 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/326918 Log: MFC r326558, r326566: fdformat is a sysadmin command and thus its man page should be in volume 8 instead of volume 1. Reviewed by: imp Added: stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 - copied unchanged from r326558, head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Deleted: stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 Modified: stable/11/ObsoleteFiles.inc stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/Makefile Directory Properties: stable/11/ (props changed) Changes in other areas also in this revision: Added: stable/10/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 - copied unchanged from r326558, head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Deleted: stable/10/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 Modified: stable/10/ObsoleteFiles.inc stable/10/usr.sbin/fdformat/Makefile Directory Properties: stable/10/ (props changed) Modified: stable/11/ObsoleteFiles.inc ============================================================================== --- stable/11/ObsoleteFiles.inc Sun Dec 17 04:19:19 2017 (r326917) +++ stable/11/ObsoleteFiles.inc Sun Dec 17 06:00:49 2017 (r326918) @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ # xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d; # done +# 20171204: Move fdformat man page from volume 1 to volume 8. +OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man1/fdformat.1.gz # 20170926: new clang import which bumps version from 4.0.0 to 5.0.0. OLD_FILES+=usr/lib/clang/4.0.0/include/sanitizer/allocator_interface.h OLD_FILES+=usr/lib/clang/4.0.0/include/sanitizer/asan_interface.h Modified: stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/Makefile ============================================================================== --- stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/Makefile Sun Dec 17 04:19:19 2017 (r326917) +++ stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/Makefile Sun Dec 17 06:00:49 2017 (r326918) @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ .PATH: ${.CURDIR:H}/fdread PROG= fdformat +MAN= fdformat.8 SRCS= fdformat.c fdutil.c CFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR:H}/fdread Copied: stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 (from r326558, head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8) ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ stable/11/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Sun Dec 17 06:00:49 2017 (r326918, copy of r326558, head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8) @@ -0,0 +1,180 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 by Joerg Wunsch, Dresden +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING +.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 4, 2017 +.Dt FDFORMAT 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fdformat +.Nd format floppy disks +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl F Ar fill +.Op Fl f Ar fmt +.Op Fl s Ar fmtstr +.Op Fl nqvy +.Ar device +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility formats a floppy disk at +.Ar device , +where +.Ar device +may either be given as a full path +name of a device node for a floppy disk drive +(e.g.\& +.Pa /dev/fd0 ) , +or using an abbreviated name that will be looked up +under +.Pa /dev +(e.g.\& +.Dq Li fd0 ) . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl s Ar fmtstr" +.It Fl F Ar fill +Use +.Ar fill +as the fill byte for newly formatted sectors. +The +.Ar fill +argument +must be a number in the range 0 through 255 using common C +language notation. +The default value is +.Dq Li 0xf6 . +.It Fl f Ar fmt +Specify the density settings for a +.Ar fmt +kilobyte format, as described in +.Xr fdcontrol 8 . +.It Fl s Ar fmtstr +Specify the density settings using explicit parameters, as +described in +.Xr fdcontrol 8 . +.It Fl n +Do not verify floppy after formatting. +.It Fl q +Suppress any normal output from the command, and do not ask the +user for a confirmation whether to format the floppy disk at +.Ar device . +.It Fl v +Do not format, verify only. +.It Fl y +Do not ask for confirmation whether to format the floppy disk but +still report formatting status. +.El +.Pp +For non-autoselecting subdevices, neither +.Fl f Ar fmt +nor +.Fl s Ar fmtstr +may be specified, since the preconfigured media density settings +from the kernel driver will always be used. +However, if +.Ar device +is a device with automatic media density selection (see +.Xr fdc 4 ) , +both methods can be used to override the density settings for the +newly formatted medium (without permanently changing the density +settings of +.Ar device ) . +.Pp +If the +.Fl q +flag has not been specified, the user is asked for a confirmation +of the intended formatting process. +In order to continue, an answer +of +.Ql y +must be given. +.Pp +Note that +.Nm +does only perform low-level formatting. +In order to create +a file system on the medium, see the commands +.Xr newfs 8 +for a +.Tn UFS +file system, or +.Xr newfs_msdos 8 +for an +.Tn MS-DOS +(FAT) +file system. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +An exit status of 0 is returned upon successful operation. +Exit status +1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status +of 2 reflects invalid arguments given to the program (along with an +appropriate information written to diagnostic output). +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Unless +.Fl q +has been specified, a single letter is printed to standard output +to inform the user about the progress of work. +First, an +.Ql F +is printed when the track is being formatted, then a +.Ql V +while it is being verified, and if an error has been detected, it +will finally change to +.Ql E . +Detailed status information (cylinder, head and sector number, and the +exact cause of the error) will be printed for up to 10 errors after the +entire formatting process has completed. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fdc 4 , +.Xr fdcontrol 8 , +.Xr newfs 8 , +.Xr newfs_msdos 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility +has been developed for +.Bx 386 0.1 +and upgraded to the new +.Xr fdc 4 +floppy disk driver. +It later became part of the +.Fx 1.1 +system. +Starting with +.Fx 5.0 , +it uses the unified density specifications as described in +.Xr fdcontrol 8 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The program has been contributed by +.An J\(:org Wunsch , +Dresden, with changes by +.An Serge Vakulenko +and +.An Andrey A. Chernov , +Moscow.
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