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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1994-02-11 21:41:44 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1994-02-11 21:41:44 +0000
commit36ef9e620bf07d53750bc21ce55853bb12e35ab4 (patch)
treeab2f64f9ebed72c74f74a77a77aac54ee9be5896 /usr.sbin/fdformat
parentd19a3ef167cf7b68f48da8f185e8e6655a020a94 (diff)
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Some fixes from Joerg
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/fdformat')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.123
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
index b395c9e..78a6b13 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
@@ -100,12 +100,17 @@ of
.Dq y
must be given.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-If no
+Unless
.Fl q
-has been specified, the current track
-.Pq note: not cylinder
-number is printed to standard output to inform the user about
-the progress of work.
+has been specified, a single letter is printed to standard output
+to inform the user about the progress of work.
+First, an
+.Sq Em F
+is printed when the track(s) is being formatted, then a
+.Sq Em V
+while it's being verified, and if an error has been detected, it
+will finally change to
+.Sq Em E .
.Pp
An exit status of 0 is returned upon successful operation. Exit status
1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status
@@ -115,12 +120,14 @@ appropriate information written to diagnostic output).
.Xr fd 4 .
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm Fdformat
-has been developed for 386BSD
+has been developed for 386BSD 0.1
and upgraded to the new
.Xr fd 4
-floppy disk driver.
+floppy disk driver. It later became part of the
+.Em FreeBSD
+system, release 1.1.
.Sh AUTHOR
The program has been contributed by
.if n Joerg Wunsch,
.if t J\(:org Wunsch,
-Dresden with changes by Serge Vakulenko and Andrew A. Chernov, Moscow.
+Dresden, with changes by Serge Vakulenko and Andrew A. Chernov, Moscow.
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