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| author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:27:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:27:18 +0000 |
| commit | 7f94b8deee60475f7d25f04484f36e824d2ce21d (patch) | |
| tree | 7a4469332fc98c3b02f0549c6e419486d82bb24e /usr.sbin/fdwrite | |
| parent | c720dea0f22dd4b1c1f24d6881f2e529cebdcca1 (diff) | |
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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/fdwrite')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/fdwrite/fdwrite.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/fdwrite/fdwrite.1 b/usr.sbin/fdwrite/fdwrite.1 index 349a4dcc5505..93de399491ca 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/fdwrite/fdwrite.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/fdwrite/fdwrite.1 @@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ .Op Fl f Ar inputfile .Op Fl d Ar device .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Fdwrite -formats and writes one and more floppy disks. +The +.Nm +utility formats and writes one and more floppy disks. Any floppy disk device capable of formatting can be used. .Pp -.Nm Fdwrite -will ask the user +The +.Nm +utility will ask the user (on .Pa /dev/tty ) to insert a new floppy and press return. @@ -62,8 +64,9 @@ The name of the floppy device to write to. Default is .Pa /dev/fd0 . .El .Pp -.Nm Fdwrite -actually closes the +The +.Nm +utility actually closes the .Ar device while it waits for the user to press return, it is thus quite possible to use the drive for other purposes at this @@ -76,7 +79,9 @@ If custom formatting is needed, please use .Xr fdformat 1 instead. .Sh EXAMPLES -.Nm Fdwrite +The +.Nm +utility was planned as a tool to make life easier when writing a set of floppies, one such use could be to write a tar-archive: .Pp @@ -90,8 +95,9 @@ thus reducing the amount of work for the floppy-jockey. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fdformat 1 .Sh HISTORY -.Nm Fdwrite -was written while waiting for ``make world'' to complete. +The +.Nm +utility was written while waiting for ``make world'' to complete. Some of the code was taken from .Xr fdformat 1 . .Sh AUTHORS |
