Explain the newfs naming convention
It might be unclear why newfs and newfs_msdos should cross-reference
each other. Add a note explaining it.
This is a follow-up to 74bd207697
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Reported by: kib
Reviewed by: imp, kib, rpokala
MFC after: 3 days
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.\" @(#)newfs.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
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.\" @(#)newfs.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd January 7, 2021
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.Dd April 17, 2021
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.Dt NEWFS 8
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.Dt NEWFS 8
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.Os
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh NAME
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@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ to find the alternate superblocks if the standard superblock is lost.
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.It Fl S Ar sector-size
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.It Fl S Ar sector-size
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The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512).
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The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512).
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.El
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.El
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.Sh NOTES ON THE NAMING
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.Dq newfs
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is a common name prefix for utilities creating filesystems, with the suffix
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indicating the type of the filesystem, for instance
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.Xr newfs_msdos 8 .
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The
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.Nm
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utility is a special case which predates that convention.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Dl newfs /dev/ada3s1a
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.Dl newfs /dev/ada3s1a
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.Pp
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.Pp
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