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Update and cleaned up blkid man page significantly.

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Theodore Ts'o 2004-03-13 13:17:55 -05:00
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blkid \- command\-line utility to locate/print block device attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B blkid
]...
[
.B \-h
.B \-hpv
]
[
[
.B \-c
.I cachefile
]
.B \-s
.I savecachefile
.B \-w
.I writecachefile
]
[
.B \-p
.B \-s
.I tag
]
[
.B \-t
.I token
]...
[
.B \-v
.IR NAME = value
]
[
.I device ...
@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ more devices.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-c
.I <cachefile>
Read from
.I cachefile
instead of reading from the default cache file
@ -71,13 +67,10 @@ cache coherency) and all devices are probed only if the token cannot
be found in the cache.
.TP
.B \-s
.I tag
.I tag
is of the form
.I NAME
and the resulting token is shown for each (specified) device that has
such a tag. It is possible to specify multiple
.I tag
Show only the tags for each (specified) device that match
.IR tag .
It is possible to specify multiple
.B \-s
options. If no tag is specified, then all tokens are shown for all
(specified) devices.
In order to just refresh the cache without showing any tokens use
@ -85,13 +78,13 @@ In order to just refresh the cache without showing any tokens use
with no other options.
.TP
.B \-t
.I token
.I token
is of the form
.IB NAME = value
and that specific token is searched for in the cache or among all visible
block devices and additionally any specified devices. If that token is
not found, no output is shown. Common values for
Search the blkid cache (plus any devices specifed on the command line)
for all visible block devices with tokens named
.I NAME
that have the value
.IR value ,
and print the name of any devices that are found.
Common values for
.I NAME
include
.BR TYPE ,
@ -101,10 +94,6 @@ and
.TP
.B \-v
Display version number and exit.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The UUID of the form 1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3fb (in
.BR printf (3)
format "%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x") is output to the standard output.
.TP
.B \-w
.I <writecachefile>
@ -129,8 +118,8 @@ are shown, if they are recognized.
.SH "RETURN CODE"
If the specified token was found, or if any tags were shown from (specified)
devices 0 is returned. If the specified token was not found, or no
(specified) devices could be identified return 2. For usage or other errors
return 4.
(specified) devices could be identified, an exit code of 2 is returned.
For usage or other errors, an exit code of 4 is returned.
.SH AUTHOR
.B blkid
was written by Andreas Dilger for libblkid.