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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2011-10-08 13:50:10 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2011-10-08 13:50:10 -0400
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dumpe2fs.8.in: add man page warning about mounted file systems
This should be obvious, but apparently not to all users... Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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diff --git a/misc/dumpe2fs.8.in b/misc/dumpe2fs.8.in
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--- a/misc/dumpe2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/dumpe2fs.8.in
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem
present on
.I device.
.PP
-.B dumpe2fs
-is similar to Berkeley's
-.B dumpfs
-program for the BSD Fast File System.
+.B Note:
+When used with a mounted filesystem, the printed
+information may be old or inconsistent.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b