partx: add man pages for addpart, delpart and partx

Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

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diff --git a/partx/Makefile.am b/partx/Makefile.am
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--- a/partx/Makefile.am
+++ b/partx/Makefile.am
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ usrsbinexec_PROGRAMS = addpart delpart partx
 partx_SOURCES = bsd.c dos.c partx.c solaris.c unixware.c gpt.c crc32.c \
 		efi.h gpt.h crc32.h partx.h dos.h
 
+man_MANS = addpart.8 delpart.8 partx.8
+
 endif
diff --git a/partx/addpart.8 b/partx/addpart.8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a53e3e66
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+++ b/partx/addpart.8
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.\" addpart.8 --
+.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
+.TH ADDPART 8 "11 Jan 2007"
+.SH NAME
+addpart \-
+simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B addpart device partition start length
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B addpart
+is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.
+
+This command doesn't manipulate with partitions on hard drive.
+
+.SH PARAMETERS
+.TP
+.BI device
+Specify the disk device.
+.TP
+.BI partition
+Specify the partition number.
+.TP
+.BI start
+Specify the begin of the partition (in bytes).
+.TP
+.BI length
+Specify the length of the partition (in bytes).
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR delpart (8),
+.BR fdisk (8),
+.BR parted (8),
+.BR partprobe (8),
+.BR partx (8)
diff --git a/partx/delpart.8 b/partx/delpart.8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bc4d0b7
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+++ b/partx/delpart.8
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+.\" delpart.8 --
+.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
+.TH DELPART 8 "11 Jan 2007"
+.SH NAME
+delpart \-
+simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B delpart device partition
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B delpart
+is a program that asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition.
+
+This command doesn't manipulate with partitions on hard drive.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BI device
+Specify the disk device.
+.TP
+.BI partition
+Specify the partition number.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR addpart (8),
+.BR fdisk (8),
+.BR parted (8),
+.BR partprobe (8),
+.BR partx (8)
diff --git a/partx/partx.8 b/partx/partx.8
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+.\" partx.8 --
+.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
+.TH PARTX 8 "11 Jan 2007"
+.SH NAME
+partx \-
+telling the kernel about presence and numbering of on-disk partitions.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B partx [-a|-d|-l] [--type TYPE] [--nr M-N] [partition] disk
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Given a block device (
+.B disk
+) and a partition table
+.B type
+, try to parse the partition table, and list the
+contents. Optionally add or remove partitions.
+
+This is not an fdisk - adding and removing partitions
+is not a change of the disk, but just telling the kernel
+about presence and numbering of on-disk partitions.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-a
+add specified partitions or read disk and add all partitions
+.TP
+.B \-d
+delete specified or all partitions
+.TP
+.B \-l
+list partitions
+.TP
+.BI --type " TYPE"
+Specify the partition type -- dos, bsd, solaris, unixware or gpt.
+.TP
+.BI --nr " M-N"
+Specify the range of partitions (e.g --nr 2-4).
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR addpart (8),
+.BR delpart (8),
+.BR fdisk (8),
+.BR parted (8),
+.BR partprobe (8)