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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2009-04-01 02:52:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2009-04-01 02:52:28 +0000 |
| commit | 0b1844290cc11f6dfb4f076b35fe8ee76ed2ce15 (patch) | |
| tree | 64ca8a7f26b1d54eefcbea83ae96d7ab4bb23bfa /doc/sg_read.8 | |
| parent | 527377cefcd95a14c5ab729d20b670d54e4f7c23 (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-0b1844290cc11f6dfb4f076b35fe8ee76ed2ce15.tar.gz | |
sg_write_same tweaks and man page cleanup
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@240 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sg_read.8 b/doc/sg_read.8 index 6c1949ef..527827bc 100644 --- a/doc/sg_read.8 +++ b/doc/sg_read.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_READ "8" "January 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.23" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_READ "8" "March 2009" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_read \- read blocks of data continually from same offset .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -124,16 +124,9 @@ Output the usage message then exit. \fB\-\-version\fR Output the version string then exit. .SH NOTES -BYTES and BLOCKS may be followed by one of these multiplicative suffixes: -c C *1; w W *2; b B *512; k K KiB *1,024; KB *1,000; m M MiB *1,048,576; -MB *1,000,000; g G Gib *(2**30); GB *(10**9). Also a suffix of -the form "x<n>" multiplies the leading number by <n>. These multiplicative -suffixes are compatible with GNU's dd command (since 2002) which claims -compliance with SI and with IEC 60027\-2. -.PP -Alternatively numerical values can be given in hexadecimal preceded by -either "0x" or "0X" (or with a trailing "h" or "H"). When hex numbers are -given, multipliers cannot be used. +Various numeric arguments (e.g. \fISKIP\fR) may include multiplicative +suffixes or be given in hexadecimal. See the "NUMERIC ARGUMENTS" section +in the sg3_utils(8) man page. .PP Data usually gets to the user space in a 2 stage process: first the SCSI adapter DMAs into kernel buffers and then the sg driver copies @@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ Written by Doug Gilbert. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2000\-2007 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. |