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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_long.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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diff --git a/doc/sg_read_long.8 b/doc/sg_read_long.8 index 30482fae..580f0814 100644 --- a/doc/sg_read_long.8 +++ b/doc/sg_read_long.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_READ_LONG "8" "January 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.23" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_READ_LONG "8" "March 2009" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_read_long \- send a SCSI READ LONG command .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -68,15 +68,9 @@ block. Associated with such an action the number of elements in the "grown" defect list could be monitored (with "sg_reassign \-\-grown") as the disk could be nearing the end of its useful lifetime. .PP -The \fILBA\fR and \fIBTL\fR (transfer length) arguments may be followed by -the following 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 *1,073,741,824; and GB *1,000,000,000 . Also a suffix -of the form "x<n>" multiplies the leading number by <n>. -.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. \fILBA\fR) may include multiplicative +suffixes or be given in hexadecimal. See the "NUMERIC ARGUMENTS" section +in the sg3_utils(8) man page. .PP As a data point, Fujitsu uses a 54 byte ECC (per block) which is capable of correcting up to a single burst error or 216 bits "on the |