On Mon Oct 4 10, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 02:35:54PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Alexander Best wrote: > > > > AB> On Mon Oct 4 10, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > AB> > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 06:17:46AM +0000, Xin LI wrote: > > AB> > > Author: delphij > > AB> > > Date: Mon Oct 4 06:17:45 2010 > > AB> > > New Revision: 213398 > > AB> > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213398 > > AB> > > > > AB> > > Log: > > AB> > > Clarify the combination effect of -P and -f to make it clear. > > AB> > > > AB> > While you're at it, it would be nice to add a note that this doesn't > > AB> > work with all file systems. In case of eg. ZFS the data won't be > > AB> > overwritten. > > AB> > > AB> isn't this detail already being covered by the existing note in the BUGS > > AB> section? > > AB> > > AB> "The -P option assumes that the underlying file system is a > > fixed-block > > AB> file system. UFS is a fixed-block file system, LFS is not. In > > addition, > > AB> only regular files are overwritten, other types of files are not." > > > > Maybe s/LFS/ZFS/ then, as LFS is no more relevant for FreeBSD users while > > ZFS > > now is? > > That's what I thought too.
good point. ZFS should really be added to the list and LFS should go away. are there any other relevant filesystems without a fixed-block size that need to be mentioned? what about afs? or tmpfs? also: is this really something belonging into a BUGS section? personally i think the BUGS section in rm(1) should be renamed to CAVEATS. cheers. alex > > -- > Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com > p...@freebsd.org http://www.FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! -- a13x _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
