From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2Q0BAoB027850 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:11:10 -0400 Received: from smtp1.pacifier.net (smtp1.pacifier.net [64.255.237.171]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2Q0B7OQ011806 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:11:07 -0400 Received: from bedroom.boskone (ip136.133.dsl-acs2.pdx.iinet.com [209.20.133.136]) by smtp1.pacifier.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5280682442 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:11:06 -0700 (PDT) From: ben scott Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:11:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200703251711.05482.benscott@nwlink.com> Subject: [linux-lvm] vg attributes (vg_attr) in vgs program don't seem to match the man page Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com The explanation of the attribute bits printed by the program "vgs" in the man page are as follows: The vg_attr bits are: (w)riteable, (r)ead only, resi(z)eable, e(x)ported, (p)artial and (c)lustered. However "vgs" on my debian Etch system prints out this way: wz--n- LVM version: 2.02.07 (2006-07-17) Library version: 1.02.12 (2006-10-13) Driver version: 4.7.0 Could someone please explain to me what the "n" stands for and which columns get the other bits. I am trying to write a parser for this output. Thank you.