From 402039303605045642607984bfc5121a759306b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:30:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] blkdiscard: (man) add note about fdisk Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/blkdiscard.8.adoc | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8.adoc b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8.adoc index 578f300f73..cf661acd9c 100644 --- a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8.adoc +++ b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8.adoc @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ The _device_ argument is the pathname of the block device. *WARNING: All data in the discarded region on the device will be lost!* +Since util-linux v2.41, fdisk has the ability to discard sectors on both partitions and unpartitioned areas using the 'T' command. + == OPTIONS The _offset_ and _length_ arguments may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB. -- 2.47.3