[PATCH v4 3/4] man: document -P flag to populate a filesystem from a directory

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Document the -P flag into man page.

Signed-off-by: Luca Di Maio <luca.dimaio1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in
index 37e3a88..507a2f9 100644
--- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in
@@ -1291,6 +1291,13 @@ creating the file system.
 .B \-K
 Do not attempt to discard blocks at mkfs time.
 .TP
+.BI \-P " directory"
+Populate the filesystem starting from a
+.IR directory .
+This will copy the contents of the given directory into the root directory of
+the filesystem. Ownership, Extended attributes, Permissions and timestamps will
+be preserved from the source.
+.TP
 .B \-V
 Prints the version number and exits.
 .SH Configuration File Format
--
2.49.0




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