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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2023-08-26 13:29:01 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2023-08-29 16:06:47 +0200
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systemd-id128: properly document the show verb
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/27514 requested this functionality among other things, but it is already implemented. The man page was also missing 'show' in the synopsis, so add that, along with an example.
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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-id128.xml b/man/systemd-id128.xml
index 6cb51fa777..c4521ea945 100644
--- a/man/systemd-id128.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-id128.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="plain">invocation-id</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-id128</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">show</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME|UUID</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
@@ -76,9 +83,10 @@
<para>With <command>show</command>, well-known IDs are printed (for now, only GPT partition type UUIDs),
along with brief identifier strings. When no arguments are specified, all known IDs are shown. When
- arguments are specified, they must be the identifiers or ID values of one or more known IDs, which are
- then printed. Combine with <option>--uuid</option> to list the IDs in UUID style, i.e. the way GPT
- partition type UUIDs are usually shown.</para>
+ arguments are specified, they may be the identifiers or ID values of one or more known IDs, which are
+ then printed with their name, or arbitrary IDs, which are then printed with a placeholder name. Combine
+ with <option>--uuid</option> to list the IDs in UUID style, i.e. the way GPT partition type UUIDs are
+ usually shown.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -137,7 +145,26 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, and a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Show a well-known UUID</title>
+ <programlisting>
+$ systemd-id128 show -P user-home
+773f91ef66d449b5bd83d683bf40ad16
+
+$ systemd-id128 show -Pu user-home
+773f91ef-66d4-49b5-bd83-d683bf40ad16
+
+$ systemd-id128 show 773f91ef-66d4-49b5-bd83-d683bf40ad16
+NAME ID
+user-home 773f91ef66d449b5bd83d683bf40ad16
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>