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authormarcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-04 18:47:25 +0000
committermarcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-04 18:47:25 +0000
commit72dff6b0abb1ab52a520a1feb2c2ce11b056dafc (patch)
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parent6fa381c0bf4943c64c238b23b3b3f85534786588 (diff)
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Document the -y option as a unit test option.
Add missing -v (and -y) to the usage message. Requested by: eadler@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mkimg')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.115
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.c2
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1 b/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1
index 0ed0dac..ed14cc8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.1
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 2, 2014
+.Dd July 4, 2014
.Dt MKIMG 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mkimg
-.Nd "utility to make a disk image"
+.Nd "utility to make disk images"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl H Ar heads
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
.Op Fl f Ar format
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
.Op Fl v
+.Op Fl y
.Fl s Ar scheme
.Fl p Ar partition
.Op Fl p Ar partition ...
@@ -111,6 +112,16 @@ option increases the level of output that the
.Nm
utility prints.
.Pp
+The
+.Op Fl y
+option is used for testing purposes only and is not to be used in production.
+When present, the
+.Nm
+utility will generate predictable values for Universally Unique Identifiers
+(UUIDs) and time stamps so that consecutive runs of the
+.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
.Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.c b/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.c
index edfd1f5..4513e66 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mkimg/mkimg.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ usage(const char *why)
fprintf(stderr, "\t-o <file>\t- file to write image into\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t-p <partition>\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t-s <scheme>\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\t-v\t\t- increase verbosity\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\t-y\t\t- [developers] enable unit test\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t-H <num>\t- number of heads to simulate\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t-P <num>\t- physical sector size\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t-S <num>\t- logical sector size\n");
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