From a5a64f34ca3d64c4da04ed6e870d4c8e469c6098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian C. Lane" Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:03:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 39/40] Cleanup mkpart manpage entry (#1183077) (cherry picked from commit fa6cd8448f68e6661fb86a8331b44198edd02c9d) --- doc/C/parted.8 | 8 ++++---- doc/parted.texi | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8 index a45f42f..41baa1a 100644 --- a/doc/C/parted.8 +++ b/doc/C/parted.8 @@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ Create a new disklabel (partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP. \fIlabel-type\fP should be one of "aix", "amiga", "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98", or "sun". .TP -.B mkpart \fIpart-type\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP -Make a \fIpart-type\fP partition for filesystem \fIfs-type\fP (if specified), -beginning at \fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP (by default in megabytes). +.B mkpart [\fIpart-type\fP \fIname\fP \fIfs-type\fP] \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP +Create a new partition. \fIpart-type\fP may be specified only with msdos and +dvh partition tables, it should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended". +\fIname\fP is required for GPT partition tables and \fIfs-type\fP is optional. \fIfs-type\fP can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "fat16", "fat32", "hfs", "hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", or "xfs". -\fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended". .TP .B name \fIpartition\fP \fIname\fP Set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac, diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi index 07aa702..c727fb2 100644 --- a/doc/parted.texi +++ b/doc/parted.texi @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ PCs. @cindex mkpart, command description @cindex command description, mkpart -@deffn Command mkpart [@var{part-type} @var{fs-type} @var{name}] @var{start} @var{end} +@deffn Command mkpart [@var{part-type} @var{name} @var{fs-type}] @var{start} @var{end} Creates a new partition, @emph{without} creating a new file system on that partition. This is useful for creating partitions for file systems -- 2.5.5