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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 index b395c9e153f03..78a6b133340cd 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 @@ -100,12 +100,17 @@ of .Dq y must be given. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -If no +Unless .Fl q -has been specified, the current track -.Pq note: not cylinder -number is printed to standard output to inform the user about -the progress of work. +has been specified, a single letter is printed to standard output +to inform the user about the progress of work. +First, an +.Sq Em F +is printed when the track(s) is being formatted, then a +.Sq Em V +while it's being verified, and if an error has been detected, it +will finally change to +.Sq Em E . .Pp An exit status of 0 is returned upon successful operation. Exit status 1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status @@ -115,12 +120,14 @@ appropriate information written to diagnostic output). .Xr fd 4 . .Sh HISTORY .Nm Fdformat -has been developed for 386BSD +has been developed for 386BSD 0.1 and upgraded to the new .Xr fd 4 -floppy disk driver. +floppy disk driver. It later became part of the +.Em FreeBSD +system, release 1.1. .Sh AUTHOR The program has been contributed by .if n Joerg Wunsch, .if t J\(:org Wunsch, -Dresden with changes by Serge Vakulenko and Andrew A. Chernov, Moscow. +Dresden, with changes by Serge Vakulenko and Andrew A. Chernov, Moscow. |