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authormarcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org>2014-10-08 22:06:38 +0000
committermarcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org>2014-10-08 22:06:38 +0000
commit27db89ec695f2599ec2afd7010338235b49ea485 (patch)
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MFC 272198, 272217:
Add 3 long options (--version, --formats & --schemes) for getting information about mkimg itself. Requested by: gjb Relnotes: yes
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1 b/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd September 12, 2014
+.Dd September 27, 2014
.Dt MKIMG 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
.Fl s Ar scheme
.Fl p Ar partition
.Op Fl p Ar partition ...
+.Nm
+.Ar --formats | --schemes | --version
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -122,10 +124,32 @@ utility will generate predictable values for Universally Unique Identifiers
.Nm
utility will create images that are identical.
.Pp
-For a complete list of supported partitioning schemes or supported output
-format, or for a detailed description of how to specify partitions, run the
+A set of long options exist to query about the
+.Nm
+utilty itself.
+Options in this set should be given by themselves because the
+.Nm
+utility exits immediately after providing the requested information.
+The version of the
+.Nm
+utility is printed when the
+.Ar --version
+option is given.
+The list of supported output formats is printed when the
+.Ar --formats
+option is given and the list of supported partitioning schemes is printed
+when the
+.Ar --schemes
+option is given.
+Both the format and scheme lists a space-separated lists for easy handling
+in scripts.
+.Pp
+For a more descriptive list of supported partitioning schemes or supported
+output format, or for a detailed description of how to specify partitions,
+run the
.Nm
utility without any arguments.
+This will print a usage message with all the necessary details.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width "TMPDIR" -compact
.It Ev TMPDIR
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