.sp
.in +5
.B losetup
-.I loop_device
+.I loopdev
.sp
.B losetup -a
.sp
-.B losetup -j <file> [-o offset]
+.B losetup -j
+.I file
+.RB [ \-o
+.IR offset ]
.sp
.in -5
Delete loop:
.sp
.in +5
.B "losetup \-d"
-.I loop_device
-.RB [ \fIloop_device\fP
+.I loopdev
+.RB [ \fIloopdev\fP
.RB ...]
.sp
.in -5
.IR offset ]
.RB [ \-\-sizelimit
.IR limit ]
+.in +8
.RB [ \-p
.IR pfd ]
.RB [ \-r ]
-.in +8
-.RB { \-f [ \-\-show ] | \fIloop_device\fP }
+.RB { \-f [ \-\-show ] | \fIloopdev\fP }
.I file
.in -13
.ad b
.B losetup
is used to associate loop devices with regular files or block devices,
to detach loop devices and to query the status of a loop device. If only the
-\fIloop_device\fP argument is given, the status of the corresponding loop
+\fIloopdev\fP argument is given, the status of the corresponding loop
device is shown.
.SS "Encryption"
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"
show status of all loop devices
-.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-detach\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-detach\fP \fIloopdev\fP [\fIloopdev\fP ...]"
detach the file or device associated with the specified loop device(s)
.IP "\fB\-e, \-E, \-\-encryption \fIencryption_type\fP"
enable data encryption with specified name or number