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| -rw-r--r-- | include/usage.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h index 466dfac11..a498a1dad 100644 --- a/include/usage.h +++ b/include/usage.h @@ -2298,18 +2298,19 @@ #define makedevs_trivial_usage \ "NAME TYPE MAJOR MINOR FIRST LAST [s]" #define makedevs_full_usage "\n\n" \ - "Create a range of block or character special files\n\n" \ - "TYPEs include:\n" \ - " b Make a block device\n" \ - " c or u Make a character device\n" \ - " p Make a named pipe. MAJOR and MINOR are ignored\n" \ - "\n" \ - "FIRST specifies the number appended to NAME to create the first device.\n" \ - "LAST specifies the number of the last item that should be created\n" \ - "If 's' is the last argument, the base device is created as well.\n\n" \ - "For example:\n" \ - " makedevs /dev/ttyS c 4 66 2 63 -> ttyS2-ttyS63\n" \ - " makedevs /dev/hda b 3 0 0 8 s -> hda,hda1-hda8" + "Create a range of block or character special files" \ + "\n" \ + "\nTYPE is:" \ + "\n b Block device" \ + "\n c Character device" \ + "\n f FIFO, MAJOR and MINOR are ignored" \ + "\n" \ + "\nFIRST..LAST specify numbers appended to NAME." \ + "\nIf 's' is the last argument, the base device is created as well." \ + "\n" \ + "\nExamples:" \ + "\n makedevs /dev/ttyS c 4 66 2 63 -> ttyS2-ttyS63" \ + "\n makedevs /dev/hda b 3 0 0 8 s -> hda,hda1-hda8" #define makedevs_example_usage \ "# makedevs /dev/ttyS c 4 66 2 63\n" \ "[creates ttyS2-ttyS63]\n" \ @@ -2325,10 +2326,10 @@ "Device table entries take the form of:\n" \ "<type> <mode> <uid> <gid> <major> <minor> <start> <inc> <count>\n" \ "Where name is the file name, type can be one of:\n" \ - " f A regular file\n" \ + " f Regular file\n" \ " d Directory\n" \ - " c Character special device file\n" \ - " b Block special device file\n" \ + " c Character device\n" \ + " b Block device\n" \ " p Fifo (named pipe)\n" \ "uid is the user id for the target file, gid is the group id for the\n" \ "target file. The rest of the entries (major, minor, etc) apply to\n" \ |