diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a4c726a6..33ad28f5 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2008-04-14 Curtis Gedak + + * Makefile.am, + configure.in, + doc/, + doc/Makefile.am, + doc/gparted.8: Added manual page documentation + - Command line response for GParted bug #329584 + 2008-04-09 Curtis Gedak * gparted.desktop.in: Updated to align with standards diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 92dafd94..67f6a033 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -SUBDIRS = compose include pixmaps po src +SUBDIRS = compose doc include pixmaps po src @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@ diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index 5206c90e..d29803be 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GTKMM_CFLAGS) AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Makefile compose/Makefile +doc/Makefile include/Makefile src/Makefile pixmaps/Makefile diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f316fa70 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in + +dist_man_MANS = gparted.8 diff --git a/doc/gparted.8 b/doc/gparted.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4d1486da --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gparted.8 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Curtis Gedak. +.\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +.\" the GNU General Public License . +.\" There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.\" +.\" Process this file with +.\" groff -man -Tascii gparted.8 +.\" +.TH GPARTED 8 "APRIL 14th, 2008" gparted "GParted Manual" +.SH NAME +gparted \- Front-end to parted for manipulating disk partitions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B gparted [device]... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B gparted +is the Gnome Partition Editor +for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions. + +A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions. +These partitions are normally not re-sizable +(making one smaller and the adjacent one larger.) +.B gparted +makes it possible for you to take a hard disk +and change the partition organization, +while preserving the partition contents. + +More specifically, +.B gparted +enables you to create, destroy, resize, move, +check, label, and copy partitions, and the file systems contained within. +This is useful for +creating space for new operating systems, +reorganizing disk usage, +and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). + +.B gparted +uses GNU libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables. +Several optional packages provide additional file system support. +Optional packages include: +.br +e2fsprogs, dosfstools, mtools, hfsutils, jfsutils, +.br +ntfsprogs, reiser4progs, reiserfsprogs, and xfsprogs. + +.B gparted +can also be used with storage devices other than hard disks, such as +USB flash drives, and memory cards. + +More documentation and links to the support forum and bug reports can be found at: +.br +http://gparted.sourceforge.net + +.SH EXAMPLES +For a hard drive attached as /dev/sda, +.B gparted +can be instructed to limit operations to this drive only with the +following: + +.B gparted +/dev/sda + +This can save time with subsequent device refreshes, such as after +operations are applied. +.SH NOTES +When resizing a logical partition within an extended partition, +remember that each portion is resized independently. +Hence shrinking the left-most logical partition +by moving the left edge to the right will shrink only the logical +partition. If you desire to free the space for an adjacent primary +partition, then you must also shrink the extended partition. +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs at: +.br +http://gparted.sourceforge.net/bugs.php + +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Curtis Gedak +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR parted (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR mkfs (8), +.BR ntfsprogs (8) \ No newline at end of file