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Description of problem:
Typo error in virt-tail man page:
EXAMPLE
Follow /var/log/messages inside a virtual machine called "mydomain":
virt-tail -d mydomain /etc/fstab
The “/var/log/messages” should be consistent with "/etc/fstab".
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libguestfs-1.34.3-2.el7.x86_64
>From repo: https://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview/
How reproducible:
100%
Steps:
Actual results:
Expected results:
Additional info:
Comment 1Richard W.M. Jones
2017-02-21 08:30:57 UTC
I'm somewhat confused what the problem is here. Can you describe
exactly what is the issue?
In any case, the original POD markup is correct:
=head1 EXAMPLE
Follow F</var/log/messages> inside a virtual machine called C<mydomain>:
virt-tail -d mydomain /etc/fstab
(In reply to Richard W.M. Jones from comment #1)
> I'm somewhat confused what the problem is here. Can you describe
> exactly what is the issue?
>
> In any case, the original POD markup is correct:
>
> =head1 EXAMPLE
>
>
>
> Follow F</var/log/messages> inside a virtual machine called C<mydomain>:
>
>
>
> virt-tail -d mydomain /etc/fstab
Shouldn't the “/var/log/messages” be consistent with "/etc/fstab"?
The example is saying that follow the file : /var/log/mesages, but the command line you use /etc/fstab , I think that would confuse the user.
Comment 3Richard W.M. Jones
2017-02-21 11:25:35 UTC
/etc/fstab is in a verbatim section.
It all looks good in the HTML version:
http://libguestfs.org/virt-tail.1.html#example
I don't really think this is a bug. It's just that the
text-based man page output doesn't have enough formatting
available to show verbatim sections in a different font.
Verify with packages:
libguestfs-1.36.2-3.el7.x86_64
Steps:
1.
# man virt-tail
... ...
EXAMPLE
Follow /var/log/messages inside a virtual machine called "mydomain":
virt-tail -d mydomain /var/log/messages
So verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2023
Description of problem: Typo error in virt-tail man page: EXAMPLE Follow /var/log/messages inside a virtual machine called "mydomain": virt-tail -d mydomain /etc/fstab The “/var/log/messages” should be consistent with "/etc/fstab". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.34.3-2.el7.x86_64 >From repo: https://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview/ How reproducible: 100% Steps: Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: