docs: remove some old history from manpages

[thirdparty/util-linux.git] / disk-utils / mkfs.8

diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
index 54bb004ae0679bcbdb1120b2e8d1c62c88cc3adf..e3a7f8b6bfa4633b2dcbb0ab1fa57946c20ffa44 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\" -*- nroff -*-
 .TH MKFS 8 "June 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 mkfs \- build a Linux filesystem
@@ -30,20 +29,8 @@ In actuality,
 is simply a front-end for the various filesystem builders
 (\fBmkfs.\fIfstype\fR)
 available under Linux.
-The filesystem-specific builder is searched for in a number
-of directories, like perhaps
-.IR /sbin ,
-.IR /sbin/fs ,
-.IR /sbin/fs.d ,
-.IR /etc/fs ,
-.I /etc
-(the precise list is defined at compile time but at least
-contains
-.I /sbin
-and
-.IR /sbin/fs ),
-and finally in the directories
-listed in the PATH environment variable.
+The filesystem-specific builder is searched for via your PATH
+environment setting only.
 Please see the filesystem-specific builder manual pages for
 further details.
 .SH OPTIONS
@@ -104,4 +91,4 @@ for the ext2 filesystem.
 .ad
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 The mkfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.