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@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-.TH SG_VERIFY "8" "January 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.23" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_VERIFY "8" "November 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.26" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_verify \- invoke SCSI VERIFY command(s) on a block device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sg_verify
[\fI\-\-bpc=BPC\fR] [\fI\-\-count=COUNT\fR] [\fI\-\-dpo\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR]
-[\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR
+[\fI\-\-lba=LBA\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR]
+[\fI\-\-vrprotect=VRP\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ no verify errors detected no messages are sent to stderr and the Unix return
status is 0).
.SH OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
+The options are arranged in alphabetical order based on the long
+option name.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bpc\fR=\fIBPC\fR
where \fIBPC\fR specifies the maximum number of blocks that will be verified
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print the version string and then exit.
+.TP
+\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vrprotect\fR=\fIVRP\fR
+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: