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authorSitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>2016-01-05 07:33:32 +0000
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-02-09 15:45:26 +0100
commit50901218457aebf2eb1c1cac560eb80df3f23b77 (patch)
treed2f7361723fb3689fedb3e687722dc4b34948480 /qemu-nbd.texi
parent7e8911bb40977aa831b04bbec23895b1f15db501 (diff)
qemu-nbd: Fix texi sentence capitalisation
Capitalise the first letter of sentences (and reword for grammar) the options section of qemu-nbd.texi. Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com> Message-Id: <1451979212-25479-4-git-send-email-sitsofe@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi
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@@ -19,60 +19,60 @@ Export a QEMU disk image using the NBD protocol.
@table @option
@item -p, --port=@var{port}
-port to listen on (default @samp{10809})
+The TCP port to listen on (default @samp{10809})
@item -o, --offset=@var{offset}
-offset into the image
+The offset into the image
@item -b, --bind=@var{iface}
-interface to bind to (default @samp{0.0.0.0})
+The interface to bind to (default @samp{0.0.0.0})
@item -k, --socket=@var{path}
Use a unix socket with path @var{path}
@item -f, --format=@var{fmt}
-force the use of the block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of
+Force the use of the block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of
auto-detecting
@item -r, --read-only
-export read-only
+Export the disk as read-only
@item -P, --partition=@var{num}
-only expose partition @var{num}
+Only expose partition @var{num}
@item -s, --snapshot
-use @var{filename} as an external snapshot, create a temporary
+Use @var{filename} as an external snapshot, create a temporary
file with backing_file=@var{filename}, redirect the write to
the temporary one
@item -l, --load-snapshot=@var{snapshot_param}
-load an internal snapshot inside @var{filename} and export it
+Load an internal snapshot inside @var{filename} and export it
as an read-only device, @var{snapshot_param} format is
'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]' or '[ID_OR_NAME]'
@item -n, --nocache
@itemx --cache=@var{cache}
-set cache mode to be used with the file. See the documentation of
+The cache mode to be used with the file. See the documentation of
the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed values.
@item --aio=@var{aio}
-choose asynchronous I/O mode between @samp{threads} (the default)
+Set the asynchronous I/O mode between @samp{threads} (the default)
and @samp{native} (Linux only).
@item --discard=@var{discard}
-controls whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
+Control whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem. @var{discard} is one of
@samp{ignore} (or @samp{off}), @samp{unmap} (or @samp{on}). The default is
@samp{ignore}.
@item --detect-zeroes=@var{detect-zeroes}
-enables the automatic conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to
+Control the automatic conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to
driver-specific optimized zero write commands. @var{detect-zeroes} is one of
@samp{off}, @samp{on} or @samp{unmap}. @samp{unmap}
converts a zero write to an unmap operation and can only be used if
@var{discard} is set to @samp{unmap}. The default is @samp{off}.
@item -c, --connect=@var{dev}
-connect @var{filename} to NBD device @var{dev}
+Connect @var{filename} to NBD device @var{dev}
@item -d, --disconnect
-disconnect the specified device
+Disconnect the device @var{dev}
@item -e, --shared=@var{num}
-device can be shared by @var{num} clients (default @samp{1})
+Allow up to @var{num} clients to share the device (default @samp{1})
@item -t, --persistent
-don't exit on the last connection
+Don't exit on the last connection
@item -v, --verbose
-display extra debugging information
+Display extra debugging information
@item -h, --help
-display this help and exit
+Display this help and exit
@item -V, --version
-output version information and exit
+Display version information and exit
@end table
@c man end