Re: Dropping chunk: Manual correct?

In article <3416E79C.68800FF6@echonyc.com>, Cosmo Lee <"*N O - S P A M*cosmo"@echonyc.com> writes >I want to drop a chunk from a dbspace. I've done this before with >`onspaces -d` and giving the path to the chunk I want to drop. But >closer reading of the manual has confused me. > >In my Online 7.2 Administrator's Guide, pg 39-53, referring to `onspaces >-d` it states that the "-p" pathname is to "the *initial* chunk of the >blobspace or dbspace you are dropping". Is that right??? If I indicate >the initial chunk of the dbspace, aren't I dropping the first chunk? >There's no place else on the command line to indicate the chunk to drop. > In my Admin Guide Version 7.1 Page 40-57 it gives the syntax onspaces -d <blobspace or dbspace> This drops the whole dbspace(!) and there is a note at the bottom of the page saying Important: Do not specify a pathname when you are dropping a dbspace or blobspace. Page 40-59 talks about dropping just a chunk and gives the syntax -d <blobspace/dbspace> -p <pathname> -o <offset> This drops just that chunk and there is a note at the bottom of the page saying Important: You must psecify a pathname to indicate to OnLine that you are dropping a chunk. >Is it me or is this badly worded? It seems to me that this wording >could lead someone to inadvertently drop the wrong chunk, if they were >following the instructions carefully. > >-- >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >ADDRESS ALTERED TO FOIL SPAMMERS: Remove "*NO-SPAM*" to reply. > >Cosmo Lee Multi-User Computer Systems Brooklyn, NY > > "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > -- David Williams