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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2009-04-18 11:39:22 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2009-04-18 11:39:22 -0400
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tune2fs: Clarify manpage regarding how to see the current settings
Addresses-Debian-Bug: #515693 Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BI tune2fs
allows the system administrator to adjust various tunable filesystem
-parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems.
+parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems. The current values of these
+options can be displayed by using the
+.B -l
+option to
+.BR tune2fs (8)
+program, or by using the
+.BR dumpe2fs (8)
+program.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-c " max-mount-counts"
@@ -319,7 +326,8 @@ that size.
@JDEV@options can be given for a filesystem.
.TP
.B \-l
-List the contents of the filesystem superblock.
+List the contents of the filesystem superblock, including the current
+values of the parameters that can be set via this program.
.TP
.BI \-L " volume-label"
Set the volume label of the filesystem.