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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-06-08 11:32:33 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-06-08 11:32:33 +0200
commit9787e2b681732b9a20f2ae67fbd0cbab8ec1538c (patch)
treeb5fb667f66ab0248413ceaefb22b65e4c08f2377
parent401117dc5d80a2b64e1e51bae9977c498c10cf9a (diff)
downloadman-pages-9787e2b681732b9a20f2ae67fbd0cbab8ec1538c.tar.gz
st.4: wfix + srcfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man4/st.46
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man4/st.4 b/man4/st.4
index 2eb64b1064..81dc0180b8 100644
--- a/man4/st.4
+++ b/man4/st.4
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ If the byte count is larger than the
next block on tape, the driver returns the data and the function
returns the actual block size.
If the block size is larger than the
-byte count, error is returned.
+byte count, an error is returned.
.PP
In fixed-block mode the read byte counts can be arbitrary if
buffering is enabled, or a multiple of the tape block size if
@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ is positive, it gives the size of partition 1 and partition
If
.I mt_count
is zero, the tape is formatted into one partition.
-From kernel version 4.6, negative
+From kernel version 4.6,
+.\" commit 8038e6456a3e6f5c4759e0d73c4f9165b90c93e7
+a negative
.I mt_count
specifies the size of partition 0 and
the rest of the tape contains partition 1.