From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:25:11 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Wipefs: improve --all descriptions for whole-disks X-Git-Tag: v2.41.1~36 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=10cfa4f144135e4a595c3fc4a3ec52be88834295;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git Wipefs: improve --all descriptions for whole-disks Addresses: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/3544 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak (cherry picked from commit 1806792d4fd4928e09228ca6cc776fb46b196d89) --- diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8.adoc b/misc-utils/wipefs.8.adoc index 88efaeca5..1cfa333d1 100644 --- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8.adoc @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ Note that by default *wipefs* does not erase nested partition tables on non-whol == OPTIONS *-a*, *--all*:: -Erase all available signatures. The set of erased signatures can be restricted with the *-t* option. +Erase all available signatures. The set of erased signatures can be restricted +with the *-t* option. When performed on a partitioned whole-disk device like +/dev/sdX, it will erase only the partition tables, not the content of the +partitions. *-b*, *--backup*[**=**_dir_]:: Create a signature backup to the file _wipefs--.bak_ in _$HOME_ or the directory specified as the optional argument. For more details see the *EXAMPLE* section.