.B sfdisk
and exit immediately.
.TP
-.BR \-? " or " \-\-help
+.BR \-h " or " \-\-help
Print a usage message and exit immediately.
.TP
.BR \-T " or " \-\-list\-types
.BR \-l " or " \-\-list
List the partitions of a device.
.TP
-.BR \-d
+.BR \-d " or " \-\-dump
Dump the partitions of a device in a format useful as input
to sfdisk. For example,
.br
is called /dev/hdb5, but you are free to call it something else,
like `/my_equipment/disks/2/5' or so).
.TP
-.BI \-A " number"
+.BI \-A " or " \-\-activate " number"
Make the indicated partition(s) active, and all others inactive.
.TP
.BI \-c "\fR or " \-\-id " number [Id]"
.fi
first reports that /dev/hdb5 has Id 6, and then changes that into 83.
.TP
-.BR \-uS " or " \-uB " or " \-uC " or " \-uM
-Accept or report in units of sectors (blocks, cylinders, megabytes,
-respectively). The default is cylinders, at least when the geometry
-is known.
+.BR \-u " or " \-\-unit " SBCM"
+Accept as input, or when reporting show, in units of Sectors
+(Blocks, Cylinders, Megabytes, respectively). The default is
+cylinders, at least when the geometry is known.
.TP
.BR \-x " or " \-\-show\-extended
Also list non-primary extended partitions on output,
and expect descriptors for them on input.
.TP
-.BI \-C " cylinders"
+.BI \-C " or " \-\-cylinders " cylinders"
Specify the number of cylinders, possibly overriding what the kernel thinks.
.TP
-.BI \-H " heads"
+.BI \-H " or " \-\-heads " heads"
Specify the number of heads, possibly overriding what the kernel thinks.
.TP
-.BI \-S " sectors"
+.BI \-S " or " \-\-sectors " sectors"
Specify the number of sectors, possibly overriding what the kernel thinks.
.TP
.BR \-f " or " \-\-force
.B \-n
Go through all the motions, but do not actually write to disk.
.TP
-.B \-R
+.B \-R " or " \-\-re-read
Only execute the BLKRRPART ioctl (to make the kernel re-read
the partition table). This can be useful for checking in advance
that the final BLKRRPART will be successful, and also when you
if it is. This option suppresses the test. (On the other hand, the \-f
option would force sfdisk to continue even when this test fails.)
.TP
+.B \-\-in\-order
+Caution, see warning section. To be documented.
+.TP
+.B \-\-not\-in\-order
+Caution, see warning section. To be documented.
+.TP
+.B \-\-inside\-order
+Caution, see warning section. Chaining order.
+.TP
+.B \-\-not\-inside\-order
+Caution, see warning section. Chaining order.
+.TP
+.B \-\-nested
+Caution, see warning section. Every partition is contained in the
+surrounding partitions and is disjoint from all others.
+.TP
+.B \-\-chained
+Caution, see warning section. Every data partition is contained in
+the surrounding partitions and disjoint from all others, but
+extended partitions may lie outside (insofar as allowed by
+all_logicals_inside_outermost_extended).
+.TP
+.B \-\-onesector
+Caution, see warning section. All data partitions are mutually
+disjoint; extended partitions each use one sector only (except
+perhaps for the outermost one).
+.TP
.BI \-O " file"
Just before writing the new partition, output the sectors
that are going to be overwritten to
.B sfdisk
will assume that your input line represents the first of four,
that the second one is extended, and the 3rd and 4th are empty.)
+.SH "CAUTION WARNIGNS"
+The options marked with caution in the manual page are dangerous.
+For example all functionality is not completely implemented,
+which can be a reason for unexpected results.
.SH "DOS 6.x WARNING"
The DOS 6.x FORMAT command looks for some information in the first