Update to upstream util-linux 2.20.1

[framework/base/util-linux-ng.git] / mount / losetup.8

diff --git a/mount/losetup.8 b/mount/losetup.8
index 8ccab6c..f1db80b 100644 (file)
--- a/mount/losetup.8
+++ b/mount/losetup.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH LOSETUP 8 "2003-07-01" "Linux" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
+.TH LOSETUP 8 "July 2003" "util-linux" "System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 losetup \- set up and control loop devices
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Setup loop device:
 .RB [ \-o
 .IR offset ]
 .RB [ \-\-sizelimit
-.IR limit ]
+.IR size ]
 .in +8
 .RB [ \-p
 .IR pfd ]
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ When the cryptoloop module is loaded (or compiled in), it uses number 18.
 This cryptoloop module will take the name of an arbitrary encryption type
 and find the module that knows how to perform that encryption.
 .SH OPTIONS
+The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N)
+suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
+same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+
 .IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"
 show status of all loop devices
 .IP "\fB\-c, \-\-set-capacity\fP \fIloopdev\fP
@@ -98,8 +102,8 @@ show status of all loop devices associated with given
 .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset \fIoffset\fP"
 the data start is moved \fIoffset\fP bytes into the specified file or
 device
-.IP "\fB\-\-sizelimit \fIlimit\fP"
-the data end is set to no more than \fIsizelimit\fP bytes after the data start
+.IP "\fB\-\-sizelimit \fIsize\fP"
+the data end is set to no more than \fIsize\fP bytes after the data start
 .IP "\fB\-p, \-\-pass-fd \fInum\fP"
 read the passphrase from file descriptor with number
 .I num
@@ -169,8 +173,8 @@ DES encryption is painfully slow. On the other hand, XOR is terribly weak.
 Cryptoloop is deprecated in favor of dm-crypt. For more details see
 .BR cryptsetup (8).
 .SH AVAILABILITY
-The losetup command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
+The losetup command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
 .\" .SH AUTHORS
 .\" .nf
 .\" Original version: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@athena.mit.edu>