New --progress option

[vbig.git] / vbig.1

diff --git a/vbig.1 b/vbig.1
index 7d59b0a16377a1164022025fa554ae2a50c01361..a057ea9aa718c4a30f45303f881432f0690021a2 100644 (file)
--- a/vbig.1
+++ b/vbig.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ specified file or device until the device is full, read the data back
 to check that everything written was properly stored, and report
 the device's size.  Ideally, if you have privilege to do so, you
 would also specify \fB-f\fR (to flush the operating system disk
-cache between the write and read).
+cache between the write and read).  Also you probably want \fB-p\fR.
 .PP
 \fBPATH\fR can refer to an ordinary file on a mounted file system,
 which vbig will create or truncate as necessary, or a block device.
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ by the equivalent \fB--create\fR call.
 Flush cached data after creating the file or before verifying it.
 On some platforms, only root can use this option.
 .TP
+.B --progress\fR, \fB-p
+Show the progress (in bytes) on stdout.
+.TP
 .B --entire\fR, \fB-e
 When writing, keep going until the device is full (No space left
 on device).  When reading, keep going until the end of the file