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[bug-fdisk] Misspelled option; correct (but unrecognized by fdisk) spell
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Sami Liedes |
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[bug-fdisk] Misspelled option; correct (but unrecognized by fdisk) spelling in the manpage |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:52:35 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
Hi!
There's a misspelled option in fdisk, and additionally a discrepancy
between the --help and the manpage.
See fdisk --help:
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$ fdisk --help
Usage: fdisk [OPTION]... [DEVICE]
OPTIONs:
[...]
-C, --cilyndres specify the number of cylinders, actually does nothing
^^^^^^^^^
[...]
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However the manpage indicates the long form is the correctly spelled
--cylinders:
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-C, --cylinders=CYLINDERS
Specify the number of cylinders of the disk. Currently does
nothing, it is left for Linux fdisk compatibility.
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Turns out the help is correct and the manpage wrong:
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$ fdisk --cylinders
fdisk: unrecognized option '--cylinders'
$ fdisk --cilyndres
fdisk: option '--cilyndres' requires an argument
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I suggest the option be renamed to --cylinders in --help output, while
the misspelled form --cilyndres could be supported for backwards
compatibility.
Sami
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