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diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 index e9c7001..7f4b11f 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: fdisk .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] .\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.20 -.\" Date: 2023-10-23 +.\" Date: 2024-03-20 .\" Manual: System Administration -.\" Source: util-linux 2.39.3 +.\" Source: util-linux 2.40 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "FDISK" "8" "2023-10-23" "util\-linux 2.39.3" "System Administration" +.TH "FDISK" "8" "2024-03-20" "util\-linux 2.40" "System Administration" .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .ss \n[.ss] 0 @@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ The "last sector" dialog accepts partition size specified by number of sectors o .sp If the size is prefixed by \*(Aq+\*(Aq then it is interpreted as relative to the partition first sector. If the size is prefixed by \*(Aq\-\*(Aq then it is interpreted as relative to the high limit (last available sector for the partition). .sp -In the case the size is specified in bytes than the number may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB. The "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB". +In the case the size is specified in bytes, then the number may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (1024 bytes), MiB (1024*1024 bytes), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB. The "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB". .sp The relative sizes are always aligned according to device I/O limits. The +/\-<size>{K,B,M,G,...} notation is recommended. .sp -For backward compatibility \fBfdisk\fP also accepts the suffixes KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB. These 10^N suffixes are deprecated. +For backward compatibility \fBfdisk\fP also accepts the suffixes KB (1000 bytes), MB (1000*1000 bytes), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB. These 10^N suffixes are deprecated. .SH "SCRIPT FILES" .sp \fBfdisk\fP allows reading (by \*(AqI\*(Aq command) \fBsfdisk\fP(8) compatible script files. The script is applied to in\-memory partition table, and then it is possible to modify the partition table before you write it to the device. |