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diff --git a/man/lvscan.8.in b/man/lvscan.8.in index 3dbe9d8..5102691 100644 --- a/man/lvscan.8.in +++ b/man/lvscan.8.in @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH LVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME -lvscan \- scan (all disks) for logical volumes +lvscan \- scan (all disks) for Logical Volumes .SH SYNOPSIS .B lvscan .RB [ \-a | \-\-all] @@ -11,24 +11,29 @@ lvscan \- scan (all disks) for logical volumes .RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ] .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] .SH DESCRIPTION -.B lvscan -scans all known volume groups or all supported LVM block devices -in the system for defined logical volumes. +lvscan scans all known volume groups or all supported LVM block devices +in the system for defined Logical Volumes. The output consists +of one line for each Logical Volume indicating whether or not it is active, +a snapshot or origin, the size of the device and its allocation policy. +Use \fBlvs\fP(8) or \fBlvdisplay\fP(8) to obtain more-comprehensive +information about the Logical Volumes. .SH OPTIONS -See \fBlvm\fP for common options. +See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. .TP .BR \-\-all Include information in the output about internal Logical Volumes that are components of normally-accessible Logical Volumes, such as mirrors, but which are not independently accessible (e.g. not mountable). -For example, after creating a mirror using 'lvcreate -m1 --mirrorlog disk', +For example, after creating a mirror using +.B lvcreate \-m1 \-\-mirrorlog disk\fR, this option will reveal three internal Logical Volumes, with suffixes mimage_0, mimage_1, and mlog. .TP .BR \-b ", " \-\-blockdevice -Adds the device major and minor numbers to the display -of each logical volume. +This option is now ignored. Instead, use \fBlvs\fP(8) or +\fBlvdisplay\fP(8) to obtain the device number. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR lvm (8), +.BR lvm (8), .BR lvcreate (8), .BR lvdisplay (8) +.BR lvs (8) |