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diff --git a/doc/sg_get_lba_status.8 b/doc/sg_get_lba_status.8 index bc35208f..347a958b 100644 --- a/doc/sg_get_lba_status.8 +++ b/doc/sg_get_lba_status.8 @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -.TH SG_GET_LBA_STATUS "8" "August 2018" "sg3_utils\-1.43" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_GET_LBA_STATUS "8" "August 2019" "sg3_utils\-1.45" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_get_lba_status \- send SCSI GET LBA STATUS(16 or 32) command .SH SYNOPSIS .B sg_get_lba_status [\fI\-\-16\fR] [\fI\-\-32\fR] [\fI\-\-brief\fR] [\fI\-\-element-id=EI\fR] -[\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-hex\fR] [\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR] [\fI\-\-maxlen=LEN\fR] -[\fI\-\-raw\fR] [\fI\-\-readonly\fR] [\fI\-\-report\-type=RT\fR] -[\fI\-\-scan-len=SL\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR +[\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-hex\fR] [\fI\-\-inhex=FN\fR] [\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR] +[\fI\-\-maxlen=LEN\fR] [\fI\-\-raw\fR] [\fI\-\-readonly\fR] +[\fI\-\-report\-type=RT\fR] [\fI\-\-scan-len=SL\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] +[\fI\-\-version\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .\" Add any additional description here .PP @@ -17,12 +18,17 @@ block provisioning should support this command. The GET LBA STATUS(32) command was added in (draft) SBC\-4 revision 14. .PP The default action is to decode the response into one LBA status descriptor -per line output to stdout. The descriptor LBA is output in hex (prefixed -by '0x') and the number of blocks is output in decimal followed by the -provisioning status and additional status in decimal. The provisioning status -can be in the range 0 to 15 of which only 0 (mapped or unknown), 1 (unmapped), -2 (anchored), 3 (mapped) and 4 (unknown) are used currently. The amount of -output can be reduced by the \fI\-\-brief\fR option. +per line then output a header and the status descriptors to stdout. The +descriptor LBA is output in hex (prefixed by '0x') and the number of blocks +is output in decimal followed by the provisioning status and additional status +in decimal. The provisioning status can be in the range 0 to 15 of which only +0 (mapped or unknown), 1 (unmapped), 2 (anchored), 3 (mapped) and 4 (unknown) +are used currently. The amount of output can be reduced by the +\fI\-\-brief\fR option. +.PP +Rather than send this SCSI command to \fIDEVICE\fR, if the \fI\-\-inhex=FN\fR +option is given, then the contents of the file named \fIFN\fR are decoded +as ASCII hex and then processed if it was the response of this command. .SH OPTIONS Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. .TP @@ -65,6 +71,13 @@ output the usage message then exit. \fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-hex\fR output response to this command in ASCII hex. .TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inhex\fR=\fIFN\fR +where \fIFN\fR is a filename whose contents are assumed to be ASCII +hexadecimal bytes. See the "FORMAT OF FILES CONTAINING ASCII HEX" section +in the sg3_utils manpage for more information. If \fIDEVICE\fR is also +given then it is ignored. If the \fI\-\-raw\fR option is also given then +the contents of \fIFN\fR are treated as binary. +.TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lba\fR=\fILBA\fR where \fILBA\fR is the starting Logical Block Address (LBA) to check the provisioning status for. Note that the \fIDEVICE\fR chooses how many @@ -77,7 +90,9 @@ enough space for the response header and one LBA status descriptor. \fILEN\fR should be 8 plus a multiple of 16 (e.g. 24, 40, and 56 are suitable). .TP \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR -output response in binary (to stdout). +output response in binary (to stdout) unless the \fI\-\-inhex=FN\fR option +is also given. In that case the input file name (\fIFN\fR) is decoded as +binary (and the output is _not_ in binary). .TP \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-readonly\fR open the \fIDEVICE\fR read\-only (e.g. in Unix with the O_RDONLY flag). @@ -126,9 +141,9 @@ Written by Douglas Gilbert. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2009\-2018 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. .SH "SEE ALSO" -.B sg_write_same(8), sg_unmap(8) +.B sg_write_same(8), sg_unmap(8), sg3_utils(8) |