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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2009-01-05 03:53:47 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2009-01-05 03:53:47 +0000
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-.TH SG_DD "8" "December 2008" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_DD "8" "January 2009" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_dd \- copies data to and from files and devices. Specialised for
devices that understand the SCSI command set.
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ The first group in the synopsis above are "standard" Unix
operands. The second group are extra options added by this utility.
Both groups are defined below.
.PP
-This utility is only supported on Linux whereas most other utilities in
-the sg3_utils package have been ported to other operating systems.
-A package called "ddpt" contains a utility of the same name. ddpt has
-been ported to other operating systems and is similar in functionality,
-but less Linux specific, to sg_dd.
+This utility is only supported on Linux whereas most other utilities in the
+sg3_utils package have been ported to other operating systems. A utility
+called "ddpt" has similar syntax and functionality to sg_dd. ddpt drops some
+Linux specific features while adding some other generic features. This allows
+ddpt to be ported to other operating systems.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fBblk_sgio\fR=0 | 1
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Written by Doug Gilbert and Peter Allworth.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2000\-2008 Douglas Gilbert
+Copyright \(co 2000\-2009 Douglas Gilbert
.br
This software is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.