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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SGP_DD "8" "April 2006" "sg3_utils-1.20" SG3_UTILS +.TH SGP_DD "8" "June 2006" "sg3_utils-1.21" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sgp_dd \- copies data to and from files and devices. Specialised for devices that understand the SCSI command set. @@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ To do a fast copy from one SCSI disk to another one with similar geometry (stepping over errors on the source disk): .PP sgp_dd if=/dev/sg0 of=/dev/sg1 bs=512 coe=1 +.SH EXIT STATUS +The exit status of sgp_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" |