git: 74bd20769706 - main - Reference newfs_msdos(8) from the newfs(8) manual

Mateusz Piotrowski 0mp at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jan 16 23:02:59 UTC 2021


On 1/8/21 9:33 PM, Ed Maste wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 15:25, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If there is some explanation along the lines that newfs is the common
>> name prefix for utilities creating filesystems, with the suffix being
>> the type of fs, for instance newfs_msdos(8) etc, then it becomes useful
>> and reasonable.
> I agree. It would be useful to mention that newfs is "special" with
> respect to naming; presumably we would call it newfs_ufs if we were
> now adding it where it did not already exist. Perhaps this should be a
> NOTES or similar section before the SEE ALSO?

Good idea. I'll try to prepare a patch.



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