Bug#637538: kpartx(8) manpage is missing an example

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Hello Lars,

Thank you for the patch. I have submitted it upstream. Once committed,
I'll pull it in for the next upload.


Ritesh

On 08/12/2011 06:01 PM, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Package: kpartx
> Version: 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-9
> Severity: minor
>
> Here's a patch to add an example to the kpartx(8) manual page.
>
> --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< ---
>
> --- kpartx/kpartx.8.orig    2011-08-12 13:27:35.190051077 +0100
> +++ kpartx/kpartx.8 2011-08-12 13:30:09.743851526 +0100
> @@ -34,6 +34,26 @@
>  .TP
>  .B \-v
>  Operate verbosely
> +.SH EXAMPLE
> +To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image:
> +.IP
> +kpartx -av disk.img
> +.PP
> +This will output lines such as:
> +.IP
> +loop3p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/loop3 63
> +.PP
> +The 
> +.I loop3p1
> +is the name of a device file under 
> +.I /dev/mapper
> +which you can use to access the partition, for example to fsck it:
> +.IP
> +fsck /dev/mapper/loop3p1
> +.PP
> +When you're done, you need to remove the devices:
> +.IP
> +kpartx -d disk.img
>  .SH "SEE ALSO"
>  .BR multipath (8)
>  .BR multipathd (8)
>
> --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< ---
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 6.0.2
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages kpartx depends on:
> ii  dmsetup                      2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
> ii  libc6                        2.11.2-10   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  libdevmapper1.02.1           2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
> ii  udev                         164-3       /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
>
> kpartx recommends no packages.
>
> kpartx suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>


-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com
"Necessity is the mother of invention."


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