The wording in the exportfs man page can be a bit confusing, implying

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / exportfs / exportfs.man

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
index 4e33f0a0435ae2ec16ed025b9b833a28b8c04275..59789cc43d930e12f55c46bc03d845a77ddd34f9 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ entries in
 (unless the
 .B -i
 option is given).
-In addition, the administrator may overide any options from these sources
+In addition, the administrator may override any options from these sources
 using the
 .B -o
 argument which takes a comma-separated list of options in the same fashion
@@ -167,11 +167,13 @@ all entries listed in
 are removed from the kernel export tables, and the file is cleared. This
 effectively shuts down all NFS activity.
 .P
-To remove individial export entries, one can specify a
+To remove an export to a host, specify a
 .I host:/path
 pair. This deletes the specified entry from
 .B xtab
 and removes the corresponding kernel entry (if any).
+To remove one or more exports to several hosts, use
+.BR "exportfs -ua" .
 .P
 .\" -------------------- Dumping the Export Table -----------------
 .SS Dumping the Export Table 
@@ -184,7 +186,9 @@ option, the list of flags pertaining to each export are shown in addition.
 .\" -------------------- EXAMPLES ---------------------------------
 .SH EXAMPLES
 The following adds all directories listed in
-.B /etc/exports to /var/lib/nfs/xtab
+.B /etc/exports
+to
+.B /var/lib/nfs/etab
 and pushes the resulting export entries into the kernel:
 .P
 .nf
@@ -200,6 +204,21 @@ allowing asynchronous writes, one would do this:
 .nf
 .B "# exportfs -o async django:/usr/tmp
 .fi
+.P
+To unexport the
+.B /usr/tmp
+directory:
+.P
+.nf
+.B "# exportfs -u django:/usr/tmp
+.fi
+.P
+To unexport all the directories listed in
+.B /etc/exports:
+.P
+.nf
+.B "# exportfs -au
+.fi
 .\" -------------------- DEPENDENCIES -----------------------------
 .SH DEPENDENCIES
 Exporting to IP networks, DNS and NIS domains does not enable clients
@@ -214,7 +233,7 @@ across reboots.
 .P
 When unexporting a network or domain entry, any current exports to members
 of this group will be checked against the remaining valid exports and
-if they themselves are nolonger valid they will be removed.
+if they themselves are no longer valid they will be removed.
 .P
 .\" -------------------- SEE ALSO --------------------------------
 .SH SEE ALSO