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authorDavid Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>2017-04-19 15:45:15 +0200
committerDavid Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>2018-06-18 12:22:26 +0200
commit4e2d26611d93f522ce399b36f197dc959114b1ee (patch)
tree6726f6f98d9986deec83c51a7946e92296878aac
parentc26ce774a7209012c0505ee841d54898c6665e20 (diff)
Add manpage for lsmtd
Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/Makemodule.am4
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/lsmtd.8112
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/lsmtd.c1
3 files changed, 117 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/Makemodule.am b/misc-utils/Makemodule.am
index 775925e..5e70f7c 100644
--- a/misc-utils/Makemodule.am
+++ b/misc-utils/Makemodule.am
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ MISC_HEADER = \
misc-utils/mcast_image.h \
misc-utils/lsmtd.h
+MISC_MAN = \
+ misc-utils/lsmtd.8
+
EXTRA_DIST += $(MISC_HEADER) $(MISC_EXTRA) $(MISC_SH)
+dist_man8_MANS += $(MISC_MAN)
sbin_PROGRAMS += $(MISC_BINS)
sbin_SCRIPTS += $(MISC_SH)
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsmtd.8 b/misc-utils/lsmtd.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3061c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc-utils/lsmtd.8
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+.TH LSMTD 8 "April 2017" "mtd-utils"
+.SH NAME
+lsmtd \- list memory technology devices
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lsmtd
+[options]
+.RI [ device ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B lsmtd
+lists information about all available or the specified MTD and UBI devices.
+The
+.B lsmtd
+command reads the
+.B sysfs
+filesystem to gather information. Alternatively, the
+.B procfs
+filesystem and ioctl interfaces are used, should the sysfs filesytem not
+be available.
+.PP
+The command prints all MTD and UBI devices in a pretty-printed list format by
+default.
+.PP
+The default output is subject to change. So whenever possible, you should
+avoid using default outputs in your scripts. Always explicitly define expected
+columns by using
+.B \-\-output
+.I columns-list
+in environments where a stable output is required.
+.PP
+Use
+.B "lsmtd --help"
+to get a list of all available columns.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-b , " \-\-bytes"
+Print columns with size quantities (e.g. erase block size) in bytes instead
+of a human-readable format.
+.TP
+.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
+Display a help text and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-i , " \-\-ascii"
+Only use ascii characters for pretty printing.
+.TP
+.BR \-J , " \-\-json"
+Use JSON output format. All potentially unsafe characters in string values are
+escaped with JSON escape sequences or hex-escaped (\\u<code>).
+.TP
+.BR \-l , " \-\-list"
+Use a pretty-printed list output format (default).
+.TP
+.BR \-m , " \-\-no-ubi"
+Do not display information about UBI devices or volumes.
+.TP
+.BR \-n , " \-\-noheadings"
+Do not print column headings when using raw or list output format.
+.TP
+.BR \-o , " \-\-output " \fIlist\fP
+Specify which output columns to print. Use
+.B \-\-help
+to get a list of all supported columns.
+
+The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
+specified in the format \fI+list\fP (e.g. \fBlsmtd -o +EB-SIZE\fP).
+.TP
+.BR \-O , " \-\-output\-all "
+Output all available columns.
+.TP
+.BR \-P , " \-\-pairs"
+Produce output in the form of key="value" pairs.
+All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\\x<code>).
+.TP
+.BR \-r , " \-\-raw"
+Produce output in raw format. All potentially unsafe characters are
+hex-escaped (\\x<code>).
+.TP
+.BR \-u , " \-\-si\-units"
+Display human readable sizes as powers of ten rather than powers of two.
+.TP
+.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
+Print version information and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-x , " \-\-sort " \fIcolumn\fP
+Sort output lines by \fIcolumn\fP.
+.SH NOTES
+If the
+.B \-\-bytes
+option is not specified, the JSON output format prints sizes as string values
+even if they do not have a suffix.
+.SH AUTHORS
+.nf
+David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
+.fi
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
+Report mtd-utils bugs to the Linux mtd mailing list.
+.TP
+Linux mtd mailing list: <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
+.TP
+Linux mtd home page: <http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/>
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The lsmtd command is part of the mtd-utils package and is available from
+ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2017 David Oberhollenzer - sigma star gmbh
+.br
+License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl2.html>.
+.br
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lsblk (8),
+.BR ls (1)
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsmtd.c b/misc-utils/lsmtd.c
index 4b1de2c..24a30ac 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsmtd.c
+++ b/misc-utils/lsmtd.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static NORETURN void usage(int status)
cols[i].desc);
}
+ fputs("\nFor more details see "PROGRAM_NAME"(8).\n", stdout);
exit(status);
}