svn commit: r190933 - head/sbin/newfs_msdos

[Ed Schouten]

Author: ed
Date: Sat Apr 11 15:03:44 2009
New Revision: 190933
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/190933

Log:
  Update documentation (forgotten in r190929).
  
  Submitted by:	Christoph Mallon <christoph mallon gmx de>

Modified:
  head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8

Modified: head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Sat Apr 11 14:56:29 2009	(r190932)
+++ head/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Sat Apr 11 15:03:44 2009	(r190933)
@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ Get bootstrap from file.
 Create the image file with the specified size. A suffix character appended
 to the size is interpreted as for the
 .Fl @
-option. The file is created by truncating any existing file with the
-same name, seeking just before the required size and writing
-a single 0 byte. As a consequence, the space occupied on disk
-may be smaller than the size specified as a parameter.
+option.
+The file is created by truncating any existing file with the same name and
+resizing it to the requested size.
+If the file system supports sparse files, the space occupied on disk may be
+smaller than the size specified as parameter.
 .It Fl F Ar FAT-type
 FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32).
 .It Fl I Ar volid