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author | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2016-07-07 17:21:05 -0500 |
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committer | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2016-07-07 17:21:05 -0500 |
commit | 6233bcf52d98d9d0a3c87b22cb7700521b5358a2 (patch) | |
tree | f03bd36de8c8d7becd939db39f16c75a3eb6c130 | |
parent | 589b752eeb6b442f2987b1cd1736f8f461c9aa95 (diff) | |
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man: more lvcreate size rewording
-rw-r--r-- | man/lvcreate.8.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8.in b/man/lvcreate.8.in index b7ad7bb97..1bc2a91f7 100644 --- a/man/lvcreate.8.in +++ b/man/lvcreate.8.in @@ -336,12 +336,13 @@ metadata. An alternate syntax allows the size to be determined indirectly as a percentage of the size of a related VG, LV, or set of PVs. The suffix \fB%VG\fP denotes the total size of the VG, the suffix \fB%FREE\fP the remaining free space in the VG, and the suffix \fB%PVS\fP the free -space in the specified Physical Volumes. For a snapshot, the upper bound +space in the specified Physical Volumes. For a snapshot, the size can be expressed as a percentage of the total size of the Origin Logical Volume with the suffix \fB%ORIGIN\fP (\fB100%ORIGIN\fP provides space for -the whole origin). When expressed as a percentage, the number is treated -as an approximate upper limit, and the final size of the LV is not known -until the command is complete. +the whole origin). +When expressed as a percentage, the size defines an upper limit for the +number of logical extents in the new LV. The precise number of logical +extents in the new LV is not determined until the command has completed. . .HP .BR \-j | \-\-major |