X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fen%2Flive-persistence.conf.5;h=96afb50b97da3ada7bb7e0c9d6153bb1abcb4f52;hb=b484d6d03914c83c25feaca343d3d651a389d7f6;hp=8c70256c0f48fc9d65bb8fd63b8d1cb8c97121aa;hpb=7c050107d71a7ccee7d05cd7764bf5c52ce0a8a6;p=live-boot-grml.git diff --git a/manpages/en/live-persistence.conf.5 b/manpages/en/live-persistence.conf.5 index 8c70256..96afb50 100644 --- a/manpages/en/live-persistence.conf.5 +++ b/manpages/en/live-persistence.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LIVE\-BOOT conf 2012\-06\-27 3.0~a34-1 "Debian Live Project" +.TH LIVE\-BOOT conf 2012\-04\-09 3.0~a27-1 "Debian Live Project" .SH NAME \fBlive-persistence.conf\fR \- Configuration file for persistence media in @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ live\-boot .SH DESCRIPTION If live-boot probes a persistence volume with the label (or GPT name, -or file name, but from now on we will just say "label") "persistence", +or file name, but from now on we will just say "label") "custom\-ov", that volume's persistence is fully customizable through the \fBlive-persistence.conf\fR file stored on the root of its file system. Any such labeled volume must have such a file, or it will be ignored. .PP -The format of \fBlive-persistence.conf\fR allows empty lines and lines starting +The format of \fBlive-persistence.conf\fR allow empty lines and lines starting with a "#" (used for comments), both which will be ignored. A so called "custom mount" has the format: .PP @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ described by the list of \fIOPTION\fRs". .PP For each custom mount \fIDIR\fR must be an absolute path that cannot contain white spaces or the special . and .. path components, and -cannot be /live (or any of its sub-directories). -Once activated all changes (file +cannot be /live (or any of its sub-directories), or / (for the latter, +use "full-ov" persistence instead). Once activated all changes (file deletion, creation and modification) to \fIDIR\fR on the live file system are stored persistently into a path equivalent to \fIDIR\fR on the persistence media, called the source directory. The default way to @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Custom mounts defined in \fBlive-persistence.conf\fR accept the following options in a coma-separated list: .IP "\fBsource\fR=\fIPATH\fR" 4 When given, store the persistence changes into \fIPATH\fR on the -persistence media. \fIPATH\fR must be a relative path (with respect to the +persistence media. \fIPATH\fR must be a relative path (w.r.t. the persistence media root) that cannot contain white spaces or the special . or .. path components, with the exception that it can be just . which means the persistence media root. This option is mostly @@ -209,5 +209,5 @@ package in the Debian Bug Tracking System at Live mailing list at <\fIdebian-live@lists.debian.org\fR>. .SH AUTHOR -live\-persistence.conf was written by anonym <\fIanonym@lavabit.com\fR> for the +live\.persist was written by anonym <\fIanonym@lavabit.com\fR> for the Debian project.