Manual pages: underline device|file mentioned in DESCRIPTION throughput

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Heinz Mauelshagen
2013-07-25 15:27:31 +02:00
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@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ thin_dump \- dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard out
.B thin_dump
dumps binary thin provisioning metadata (optionally from alternate block;
see option \-\-metadata-snap) created by the device-mapper
thin provisioning target on a device or file to standard output for
thin provisioning target on a
.I device
or
.I file
to standard output for
analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format.
XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see
.BR thin_restore(8) )
in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by
the device-mapper target) or file.
in order to put it back onto a metadata
.I device
(to process by the device-mapper target) or
.I file.
.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-format\fP \fI{xml|human_readable}\fP".
Print output in XML or human readable format.