From ef9b21ff5adcc05064ee60b8e8e31944c5ef82c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ed Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:03:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation (forgotten in r190929). Submitted by: Christoph Mallon --- sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 index a48cf7083e25..ded81377a0a8 100644 --- a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 +++ b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 @@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ Get bootstrap from file. Create the image file with the specified size. A suffix character appended to the size is interpreted as for the .Fl @ -option. The file is created by truncating any existing file with the -same name, seeking just before the required size and writing -a single 0 byte. As a consequence, the space occupied on disk -may be smaller than the size specified as a parameter. +option. +The file is created by truncating any existing file with the same name and +resizing it to the requested size. +If the file system supports sparse files, the space occupied on disk may be +smaller than the size specified as parameter. .It Fl F Ar FAT-type FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32). .It Fl I Ar volid