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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2007-10-16 15:00:15 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2007-10-16 15:00:15 +0000
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vendor page order in sg_vpd and escape dashes in man pages
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@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ the "Protection Field Usage" in the parameter header are associated with
protection information and can be set by this utility.
.SH OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
+The options are arranged in alphabetical order based on the long
+option name.
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-cmplst\fR=0 | 1
sets the CMPLST ("complete list") bit in the FORMAT cdb to 0 or 1.
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ to the manufacturer's maximum recommended value in a format or resize
operation. This can be done by placing an address of 0xffffffff (or the
64 bit equivalent) in the appropriate block descriptor field to a MODE
SELECT command. In signed (two's complement) arithmetic that value
-corresponds to '\-1'. So a \fI\-\-count=\fR-1 causes the block count
+corresponds to '\-1'. So a \fI\-\-count=\fR\-1 causes the block count
to be set back to the manufacturer's maximum recommended value. To see
exactly which SCSI commands are being executed and parameters passed
add "\-vvv" to the sg_format command line.