From c38b4ebb0ee560ecc4958d253c08ede3b07f3c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:34:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] blkid: add note about PART_ENTRY_ tags to blkid.8 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- misc-utils/blkid.8 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/blkid.8 b/misc-utils/blkid.8 index ac72bf69d7..746ed39ee5 100644 --- a/misc-utils/blkid.8 +++ b/misc-utils/blkid.8 @@ -160,7 +160,12 @@ print the device name only, this output format is always enabled for \fB-L\fR and \fB-U\fR options .TP .B udev -print key="value" pairs for easy import into the udev environment +print key="value" pairs for easy import into the udev environment. The keys are +prefixed by ID_FS_ or ID_PART_ prefixes. + +The udev output returns ID_FS_AMBIVALENT tag if more superblocks are detected, +and ID_PART_ENTRY_* tags are always returned for all partitions including empty +partitions. .TP .B export print key=value pairs for easy import into the environment. This output format @@ -173,6 +178,9 @@ used together with \fB-i\fR option. .TP .BI \-p Switch to low-level superblock probing mode (bypass cache). + +Note that low-level probing also returns information about partition table type +(PTTYPE tag) and partitions (PART_ENTRY_* tags). .TP .BI \-s " tag" For each (specified) device, show only the tags that match -- 2.47.3