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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2019-12-27 18:18:48 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2019-12-27 18:18:48 +0000
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downloadsg3_utils-660ac667940dc7bb188b4e2d0ec9c7f2dd444fc0.tar.gz
sg_lib: add sg_get_command_str() and sg_print_command_len(); sg_verify+sg_write_same: fix and --ff option; sg_dd+sgh_dd: add --verify support
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@837 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-.TH SG_WRITE_SAME "8" "November 2017" "sg3_utils\-1.43" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_WRITE_SAME "8" "December 2019" "sg3_utils\-1.45" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_write_same \- send SCSI WRITE SAME command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sg_write_same
[\fI\-\-10\fR] [\fI\-\-16\fR] [\fI\-\-32\fR] [\fI\-\-anchor\fR]
-[\fI\-\-grpnum=GN\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-in=IF\fR] [\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR]
-[\fI\-\-lbdata\fR] [\fI\-\-num=NUM\fR] [\fI\-\-ndob\fR] [\fI\-\-pbdata\fR]
-[\fI\-\-timeout=TO\fR] [\fI\-\-unmap\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR]
-[\fI\-\-version\fR] [\fI\-\-wrprotect=WPR\fR] [\fI\-\-xferlen=LEN\fR]
+[\fI\-\-ff\fR] [\fI\-\-grpnum=GN\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-in=IF\fR]
+[\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR] [\fI\-\-lbdata\fR] [\fI\-\-num=NUM\fR]
+[\fI\-\-ndob\fR] [\fI\-\-pbdata\fR] [\fI\-\-timeout=TO\fR]
+[\fI\-\-unmap\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR]
+[\fI\-\-wrprotect=WPR\fR] [\fI\-\-xferlen=LEN\fR]
\fIDEVICE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ send a SCSI WRITE SAME (32) command to \fIDEVICE\fR.
sets the ANCHOR bit in the cdb. Introduced in SBC\-3 revision 22.
That draft requires the \fI\-\-unmap\fR option to also be specified.
.TP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-ff\fR
+the data\-out buffer sent with this command is initialized with 0xff bytes
+when this option is given.
+.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-grpnum\fR=\fIGN\fR
sets the 'Group number' field to \fIGN\fR. Defaults to a value of zero.
\fIGN\fR should be a value between 0 and 63.
@@ -97,11 +102,12 @@ output the usage message then exit.
read data (binary) from file named \fIIF\fR and use it as the data\-out
buffer for the SCSI WRITE SAME command. The length of the data\-out buffer
is \fI\-\-xferlen=LEN\fR or, if that is not given, the length of the \fIIF\fR
-file. If \fIIF\fR is "\-" then stdin is read. If this option is not given
-then 0x00 bytes are used as fill with the length of the data\-out buffer
-obtained from \fI\-\-xferlen=LEN\fR or by calling READ CAPACITY(16 or 10).
-If the response to READ CAPACITY(16) has the PROT_EN bit set then data\-
-out buffer size is modified accordingly with the last 8 bytes set to 0xff.
+file. If \fIIF\fR is "\-" then stdin is read. If this option and the
+\fI\-\-ff\fR are not given then 0x00 bytes are used as fill with the length
+of the data\-out buffer obtained from \fI\-\-xferlen=LEN\fR or by calling
+READ CAPACITY(16 or 10). If the response to READ CAPACITY(16) has the
+PROT_EN bit set then data\- out buffer size is modified accordingly with
+the last 8 bytes set to 0xff.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lba\fR=\fILBA\fR
where \fILBA\fR is the logical block address to start the WRITE SAME command.
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ Written by Douglas Gilbert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2009\-2017 Douglas Gilbert
+Copyright \(co 2009\-2019 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.