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[src/netbsd-3]: src/usr.bin/vndcompress Pull up revision 1.2 (requested by hu...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/bc399771d5fc
branches: netbsd-3
changeset: 576976:bc399771d5fc
user: tron <tron%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue Aug 16 12:12:08 2005 +0000
description:
Pull up revision 1.2 (requested by hubertf in ticket #667):
Various improvements.
diffstat:
usr.bin/vndcompress/vndcompress.1 | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diffs (116 lines):
diff -r 1123bc5fe8ac -r bc399771d5fc usr.bin/vndcompress/vndcompress.1
--- a/usr.bin/vndcompress/vndcompress.1 Tue Aug 16 12:10:31 2005 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/vndcompress/vndcompress.1 Tue Aug 16 12:12:08 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: vndcompress.1,v 1.2.2.2 2005/08/16 12:03:44 tron Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: vndcompress.1,v 1.2.2.3 2005/08/16 12:12:08 tron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Florian Stoehr <netbsd%wolfnode.de@localhost>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
.Nm vnduncompress
.Nd compress/uncompress file system images to/from cloop2 format
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm vndcompress
+.Nm
.Op Fl cd
.Ar disk/fs-image
.Ar compressed-image
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-program compresses an existing file system image
+program compresses an existing file system image
into a cloop2 compatible compressed file system image.
An optional blocksize can be given.
If omitted, the default of 64kB is used.
@@ -63,31 +63,27 @@
The
file system images that can be handled are not limited to any specific
file system, i.e. it is possible to handle images e.g. in ISO 9660 or
-UFS/FFS format.
-File system images in the cloop2 format are intended to be used with
+UFS/FFS format.
+File system images in the cloop2 format are intended to be used with the
.Xr vnd 4
driver in compressed mode as configured by the
.Fl z
option of the
.Xr vnconfig 8
-program,
-and later mounted with the appropriate
+program, and later mounted with the appropriate
.Fl t
option to
.Xr mount 8 .
-.Pp
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl c
-Always compresses, even if the programm was ran as
+Always compress, even if the programm was started as
.Nm vnduncompress .
.It Fl d
-Always uncompresses (decompresses), even if the program
-was ran as
-.Nm vndcompress.
+Always uncompress (decompress), even if the program was started as
+.Nm .
.El
-.Pp
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
@@ -108,11 +104,13 @@
.Ed
.Pp
Note that the resulting compressed image cannot be mounted directly
-via NetBSD's
+via
+.Nx Ap s
.Xr vnd 4
and
.Xr mount_cd9660 8
-command any longer. Instead, you will have to use the
+commands any longer.
+Instead, you will have to use the
.Fl z
option of
.Xr vnconfig 8 .
@@ -139,9 +137,11 @@
.Pp
As an alternative, if your
.Xr vnd 4
-was compiled with VND_COMPRESSION, you can use
+was compiled with
+.Dv VND_COMPRESSION ,
+you can use
.Xr vnconfig 8
-to access the cloop-compressed image directly, e.g.
+to access the cloop-compressed image directly, e.g.,
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# vnconfig vnd0 KNOPPIX.iso
# mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/vnd0d /mnt
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@
# vnconfig -u vnd0
.Ed
.Pp
-Note how the 1.9GB big filesystem on
+Note how the 1.9GB big filesystem on
.Pa /mnt2
is mounted from the compressed file stored on the 692MB CD mounted
-on
+on
.Pa /mnt .
To create a compressed file system image of an existing
directory and mount it, run:
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
.Xr mount_cd9660 8 ,
.Xr vnconfig 8
.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
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