From 25eb7a710b80a9f2688716ef8a4aff0730b445a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-Pierre=20Andr=C3=A9?= Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:26:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added clarifications about several options to the ntfswipe manual Clarified the usage of fast wiping, info and verbose options. --- ntfsprogs/ntfswipe.8.in | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfswipe.8.in b/ntfsprogs/ntfswipe.8.in index 08192580..375b4703 100644 --- a/ntfsprogs/ntfswipe.8.in +++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfswipe.8.in @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ is equivalent to Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. .TP \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR -Wipe all unused space. This may take significant time. +Wipe all unused space. This may take significant time. If the option +\-\-unused-fast (or -U) is also present, the faster wiping method is used. .TP \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR BYTE-LIST Define the allowed replacement bytes which are drawn randomly to overwrite @@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ Use this option with caution. Show a list of options with a brief description of each one. .TP \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR -Display details about unused space. +Display details about unused space, without wiping anything. .TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-logfile\fR Overwrite the logfile (update journal). @@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ Overwrite the space which is currently not allocated to any file, trying not to overwrite the space not written to since the previous wiping. .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR -Display more debug/warning/error messages. +Display more debug/warning/error messages. This option may be used twice +to display even more messages. .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Show the version number, copyright and license of