diff --git a/dasdinfo/dasdinfo.8 b/dasdinfo/dasdinfo.8 index 6027de68..432031e4 100644 --- a/dasdinfo/dasdinfo.8 +++ b/dasdinfo/dasdinfo.8 @@ -7,28 +7,28 @@ .B "dasdinfo " \- tool to read unique id from s390 DASD device .SH SYNOPSIS -.BI "dasdinfo [-a] [-l] [-u] [-x] [-e] {-i " -.BI "| -b " -.BI " | -d " +.BI "dasdinfo [\-a] [\-l] [\-u] [\-x] [\-e] {\-i " +.BI "| \-b " +.BI " | \-d " .BI "}" .sp -.BI "dasdinfo [-h] [-v]" +.BI "dasdinfo [\-h] [\-v]" .SH DESCRIPTION -.B dasdinfo +.B dasdinfo displays specific information about a specified DASD device. It is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with a unique id string and additional information (type, serial) for an S390 DASD drive. Udev can use this -information to create symlinks in /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-label +information to create symlinks in /dev/disk/by\-id and /dev/disk/by\-label to the real device node. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.BI "-a|--all" +.BI "\-a|\-\-all" Same as -u -x -l .TP -.BI "-x|--extended-uid" +.BI "\-x|\-\-extended\-uid" Print DASD uid This option prints the full uid of the DASD. When z/VM provides two @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ For z/VM: VM support for the hypervisor injected Special Node Element Qualifier (SNEQ) (or hypervisor injected self-description data) is available by applying the PTFs for VM APAR VM64273 on z/VM 5.2.0 and higher. .TP -.BI "-u|--uid" +.BI "\-u|\-\-uid" Print DASD uid without z/VM minidisk token z/VM may provide an additional token that can be used to distinguish -between different minidisks (see --extended-uid option). To remain +between different minidisks (see \-\-extended\-uid option). To remain compatible with systems that were installed on older Linux or z/VM -levels, the -u option will print the uid excluding any z/VM-provided +levels, the \-u option will print the uid excluding any z/VM-provided minidisk token. For example, if the extended uid is @@ -57,35 +57,35 @@ uid is IBM.75000000092461.e900.10. If the extended uid contains no minidisk token, e.g. in an LPAR environment, then both uids are the same. .TP -.BI "-l|--label" +.BI "\-l|\-\-label" Print DASD volume label (volser). .TP -.BI "-i|--busid " +.BI "\-i|\-\-busid " Use the bus ID as input parameter, e.g. 0.0.e910. .TP -.BI "-b|--block " +.BI "\-b|\-\-block " Use the block device name as input parameter, e.g. dasdb. .TP -.BI "-d|--devnode " +.BI "\-d|\-\-devnode " Use a device node as input parameter, e.g. /dev/dasdb. .TP -.BI "-e|--export" +.BI "\-e|\-\-export" Print all values (ID_BUS, ID_TYPE, ID_SERIAL). .TP -.BI "-h|--help" +.BI "\-h|\-\-help" Print usage text. .TP -.BI "-v|--version" +.BI "\-v|\-\-version" Print version number. .SH EXAMPLES -dasdinfo -u -i 0.0.e910 +dasdinfo \-u \-i 0.0.e910 -dasdinfo -u -b dasdb +dasdinfo \-u \-b dasdb -dasdinfo -u -d /dev/dasdb +dasdinfo \-u \-d /dev/dasdb -All three examples should return the same unique ID for +All three examples should return the same unique ID for the same DASD device, e.g. IBM.75000000092461.e900.10. In case this uid is not available, dasdinfo will return