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-.TH SGM_DD "8" "March 2006" "sg3_utils-1.20" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SGM_DD "8" "June 2006" "sg3_utils-1.21" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sgm_dd \- copies data to and from files and devices. Specialized for
devices that understand the SCSI command set and does memory mapped
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ SIGPIPE output the number of remaining blocks to be transferred and
the records in + out counts; then they have their default action.
SIGUSR1 causes the same information to be output yet the copy continues.
All output caused by signals is sent to stderr.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+The exit status of sgm_dd is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see
+the sg3_utils(8) man page. Since this utility works at a higher level
+than individual commands, and there are 'coe' and 'retries' flags,
+individual SCSI command failures do not necessary cause the process
+to exit.
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Doug Gilbert and Peter Allworth.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"