[PATCH] erofs-utils: manpages: add more description for --extract option
Gao Xiang
hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Mon Jul 15 13:38:29 AEST 2024
Especially, extract files to a specific directory.
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
---
man/fsck.erofs.1 | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/fsck.erofs.1 b/man/fsck.erofs.1
index c94fff9..9cb14e2 100644
--- a/man/fsck.erofs.1
+++ b/man/fsck.erofs.1
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ You may give multiple
.B --device
options in the correct order.
.TP
-.B \-\-extract
-Check if all files are well encoded. This read all compressed files,
-and hence create more I/O load,
-so it might take too much time depending on the image.
+.BI "\-\-extract" "[=directory]"
+Test to extract the whole file system. It scans all inode data, including
+compressed inode data, which leads to more I/O and CPU load, so it might
+take a long time depending on the image.
+
+Optionally extract contents of the \fIIMAGE\fR to \fIdirectory\fR.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help string and exit.
.TP
-\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-A\fR, \fB-y\R
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-A\fR, \fB-y\fR
These options do nothing at all; they are provided only for compatibility with
the fsck programs of other filesystems.
.SH AUTHOR
--
2.43.5
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