From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24103 invoked by alias); 4 Jan 2011 21:41:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 23996 invoked by uid 9478); 4 Jan 2011 21:41:37 -0000 Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20110104214137.23994.qmail@sourceware.org> From: jbrassow@sourceware.org To: lvm-devel@redhat.com, lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2/man lvconvert.8.in Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-01/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: jbrassow@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