Index: parted.8
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RCS file: /var/cvs/debian/parted1.6/doc/parted.8,v
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+++ parted.8	17 Mar 2002 14:18:59 -0000	1.3
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+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH PARTED 8 "18 Mar, 2002" parted "GNU Parted Manual"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
-.TH parted 8 "25 Apr, 2001" parted "GNU Parted Manual"
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 .SH NAME
 GNU Parted \- a partition manipulation program
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B parted
-[options] [device [command [options]]]
+[options] [device [command [options...]...]]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This manual page documents briefly the
 .BR parted
-command.  Complete documentation is distributed with the package.
+command.  Complete documentation is distributed with the package in
+GNU Info format; see below.
 .PP
 .B parted
 is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program.  It allows you to
-create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, FAT and FAT32 partitions.
-This is useful for creating space for new operating systems,
+create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, ext3, linux-swap, FAT and FAT32
+partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems,
 reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B -h, --help
-displays a help message
+displays a help message.
 .TP
 .B -i, --interactive
-where necessary, prompts for user intervention
+where necessary, prompts for user intervention.
 .TP
 .B -s, --script
-never prompts for user intervention
+never prompts for user intervention.
 .TP
 .B -v, --version
-displays the version
+displays the version.
 .SH COMMANDS
 .TP
 .B [device]
@@ -42,28 +55,24 @@
 .RS
 .TP
 .B check \fIpartition\fP
-does a simple check on \fIpartition\fP
+does a simple check on \fIpartition\fP.
 .TP
 .B cp \fI[source-device]\fP \fIsource\fP \fIdest\fP
 copies the \fIsource\fP partition's filesystem on \fIsource-device\fP (or the
-current device if no other device was specified) to the \fIdest\fP
-partition on the current device
+current device if no other device was specified) to the \fIdest\fP partition
+on the current device.
 .TP
 .B help \fI[command]\fP
-prints general help, or help on \fIcommand\fP if specified
-.TP
-.B mklabel \fIlabel-type\fP
-creates a new disklabel (partition table). For \fIlabel-type\fP, currently
-only "msdos" is supported
+prints general help, or help on \fIcommand\fP if specified.
 .TP
 .B mkfs \fIpartition\fP \fIfs-type\fP
 make a filesystem \fIfs-type\fP on \fIpartition\fP. \fIfs-type\fP can be one
-of "FAT", "ext2" or "linux-swap"
+of "FAT", "ext2" or "linux-swap".
 .TP
 .B mklabel \fIlabel-type\fP
-Creates a new disklabel of type \fIlabel-type\fP on the current device.
-\fIlabel-type\fP should be one of "bsd", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98" or
-"sun"
+Creates a new disklabel (partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP.
+\fIlabel-type\fP should be one of "bsd", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "mips", "msdos",
+"pc98" or "sun".
 .TP
 .B mkpart \fIpart-type\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP
 make a \fIpart-type\fP partition with filesystem \fIfs-type\fP (if specified),
@@ -110,8 +119,9 @@
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fdisk (8),
 .BR mkfs (8),
-USER manual.
-
+The \fIparted\fP program is documented fully in the
+.IR "GNU partitioning software"
+manual available via the Info system.
 .SH AUTHOR
-This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <address@hidden>,
+This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <address@hidden>,
 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).