[bug-fdisk] Misspelled option; correct (but unrecognized by fdisk) spelling in the manpage

[Sami Liedes]

Hi!

There's a misspelled option in fdisk, and additionally a discrepancy
between the --help and the manpage.

See fdisk --help:

------------------------------------------------------------
$ fdisk --help
Usage: fdisk [OPTION]... [DEVICE]

OPTIONs:
[...]
  -C, --cilyndres    specify the number of cylinders, actually does nothing
        ^^^^^^^^^
[...]
------------------------------------------------------------

However the manpage indicates the long form is the correctly spelled
--cylinders:

------------------------------------------------------------
  -C, --cylinders=CYLINDERS
         Specify the number of cylinders of the disk. Currently does
         nothing, it is left for Linux fdisk compatibility.
------------------------------------------------------------

Turns out the help is correct and the manpage wrong:

------------------------------------------------------------
$ fdisk --cylinders
fdisk: unrecognized option '--cylinders'
$ fdisk --cilyndres
fdisk: option '--cilyndres' requires an argument
------------------------------------------------------------

I suggest the option be renamed to --cylinders in --help output, while
the misspelled form --cilyndres could be supported for backwards
compatibility.

        Sami

signature.asc
Description: Digital signature