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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2008-04-05 12:54:33 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2008-04-05 12:54:33 +0000
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-.TH SG_DD "8" "June 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.25" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_DD "8" "April 2008" "sg3_utils\-1.26" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_dd \- copies data to and from files and devices. Specialised for
devices that understand the SCSI command set.
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ Disk partition information can often be found with
[the "\-ul" argument is useful in this respect].
.PP
For sg devices (and block devices when blk_sgio=1 is given) this utility
-issues SCSI READ and WRITE (SBC) commands which
-are appropriate for disks and reading from CD/DVD drives. Those commands
+issues SCSI READ and WRITE (SBC) commands which are appropriate for disks and
+reading from CD/DVD/HD-DVD/BD drives. Those commands
are not formatted correctly for tape devices so sg_dd should not be used on
tape devices. If the largest block address of the requested transfer
exceeds a 32 bit block number (i.e 0xffff) then a warning is issued and
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Written by Doug Gilbert and Peter Allworth.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2000\-2007 Douglas Gilbert
+Copyright \(co 2000\-2008 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.