[lvm-devel] LVM2/man lvconvert.8.in
jbrassow at sourceware.org
jbrassow at sourceware.org
Tue Jan 4 21:41:37 UTC 2011
CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2
Module name: LVM2
Changes by: jbrassow at sourceware.org 2011-01-04 21:41:36
Modified files:
man : lvconvert.8.in
Log message:
Fix bug 635949: lvconvert man page clarification
Patches:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.18&r2=1.19
--- LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2010/10/13 21:26:38 1.18
+++ LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2011/01/04 21:41:35 1.19
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@
[\-\-version]
LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-lvconvert will change a linear logical volume to a mirror
-logical volume or to a snapshot of linear volume and vice versa.
-It is also used to add and remove disk logs from mirror devices.
+lvconvert is used to change the segment type (i.e. linear, mirror, etc) or
+characteristics of a logical volume. For example, it can add or remove the
+redundant images of a logical volume, change the log type of a mirror, or
+designate a logical volume as a snapshot repository.
.br
If the conversion requires allocation of physical extents (for
example, when converting from linear to mirror) and you specify
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