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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_verify.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
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/sg_verify.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sg_verify.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sg_verify.8 b/doc/sg_verify.8 index fe79a31c..441ff47e 100644 --- a/doc/sg_verify.8 +++ b/doc/sg_verify.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_VERIFY "8" "November 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.26" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_VERIFY "8" "March 2009" "sg3_utils\-1.27" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_verify \- invoke SCSI VERIFY command(s) on a block device .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -63,17 +63,9 @@ where \fIVRP\fR is the value in the vrprotect field in the VERIFY command cdb. It must be a value between 0 and 7 inclusive. The default value is zero. .SH NOTES -The \fIBPC\fR, \fICOUNT\fR and \fILBA\fR arguments 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 *1,073,741,824; GB *1,000,000,000; t T TiB *(2**40); -TB *(10**12); p P PiB *(2**50) and PB *(10**15). The "T" and "P" based -suffixes can only be used for \fICOUNT\fR and \fILBA\fR. 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 has 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 The amount of error correction and the number of retries attempted before a block is considered defective are controlled in part by the @@ -93,7 +85,7 @@ Written by Douglas Gilbert. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2004\-2007 Douglas Gilbert +Copyright \(co 2004\-2009 Douglas Gilbert .br This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |