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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-09-07 00:40:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-09-07 00:40:19 +0000 |
| commit | da5a89d37ebba0d5bddfda5bf2dd008a8bfc380a (patch) | |
| tree | 270435c9ef4fb7742304a4a7aba45421835a03a4 /doc/sg_format.8 | |
| parent | 9a0c2071489db6fe7c20b0edfb87be1b2e47da57 (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-da5a89d37ebba0d5bddfda5bf2dd008a8bfc380a.tar.gz | |
sg3_utils man page: add sections on OS device names
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@350 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sg_format.8 b/doc/sg_format.8 index 66c59e12..4afefb87 100644 --- a/doc/sg_format.8 +++ b/doc/sg_format.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_FORMAT "8" "March 2009" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_FORMAT "8" "September 2010" "sg3_utils\-1.30" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_format \- format or resize a SCSI disk (perhaps change its block size) .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ The \fICOUNT\fR numeric argument may include a multiplicative suffix or be given in hexadecimal. See the "NUMERIC ARGUMENTS" section in the sg3_utils(8) man page. .SH EXAMPLES +These examples use Linux device names. For suitable device names in +other supported Operating Systems see the sg3_utils(8) man page. +.PP In the first example below simply find out the existing block count and size derived from two sources: a block descriptor in a MODE SELECT command response and from the response of a READ CAPACITY commands. No changes @@ -369,11 +372,11 @@ Written by Grant Grundler, James Bottomley and Douglas Gilbert. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2005\-2009 Grant Grundler, James Bottomley and Douglas Gilbert +Copyright \(co 2005\-2010 Grant Grundler, James Bottomley and 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. .SH "SEE ALSO" .B sg_turs(8), sg_requests(8), sg_inq(8), sg_modes(8), sg_vpd(8), -.B sg_reassign(8), sg_readcap(8) [all in sg3_utils], sdparm(8), -.B scsiformat (old), hdparm(8) +.B sg_reassign(8), sg_readcap(8), sg3_utils(8) [all in sg3_utils], +.B sdparm(8), scsiformat (old), hdparm(8) |