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author | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2024-04-08 10:19:56 +0200 |
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committer | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2024-04-08 10:19:56 +0200 |
commit | 07aacb371470b5561f13b95e399e5ff77e417b8f (patch) | |
tree | 83797ae9749e94d345fc4bc14728ec2c70d85058 | |
parent | 5d86856a890f9e542e8a6ed01de5f53f10d8e70e (diff) | |
download | util-linux-07aacb371470b5561f13b95e399e5ff77e417b8f.tar.gz |
findfs: (man) be more accurate in describing non-tags
Addresses: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/discussions/2914
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r-- | libblkid/src/evaluate.c | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/findfs.8.adoc | 2 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libblkid/src/evaluate.c b/libblkid/src/evaluate.c index cd2f3a377a..26e556c089 100644 --- a/libblkid/src/evaluate.c +++ b/libblkid/src/evaluate.c @@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ static char *evaluate_by_scan(const char *token, const char *value, * @value: token data (e.g. "foo") * @cache: pointer to cache (or NULL when you don't want to re-use the cache) * +* If the @value is NULL and @token is not in the NAME=value format, then return +* a copy of the @token. + * * Returns: allocated string with a device name. */ char *blkid_evaluate_tag(const char *token, const char *value, blkid_cache *cache) diff --git a/misc-utils/findfs.8.adoc b/misc-utils/findfs.8.adoc index 560a5bada7..4ff6a14b82 100644 --- a/misc-utils/findfs.8.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/findfs.8.adoc @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for *PARTLABEL*=_<label>_:: Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables. -If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout. +If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout. If the input is not in the format of NAME=value, then the input will be copied to the output without any modification. The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example by |