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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 index a48cf70..ded8137 100644 --- a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 +++ b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 @@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ Get bootstrap from file. Create the image file with the specified size. A suffix character appended to the size is interpreted as for the .Fl @ -option. The file is created by truncating any existing file with the -same name, seeking just before the required size and writing -a single 0 byte. As a consequence, the space occupied on disk -may be smaller than the size specified as a parameter. +option. +The file is created by truncating any existing file with the same name and +resizing it to the requested size. +If the file system supports sparse files, the space occupied on disk may be +smaller than the size specified as parameter. .It Fl F Ar FAT-type FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32). .It Fl I Ar volid |
