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955 B
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56 lines
955 B
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.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\" Copyright 1998 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.\"
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.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
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.TH BLOCKDEV 8 "May 2000" ""
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.SH NAME
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blockdev \- call block device ioctls from the command line
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B blockdev
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.RI [ options ]
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.I commands devices
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The utility
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.B blockdev
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allows one to call block device ioctls from the command line.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-V
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Print version and exit.
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.TP
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.B \-q
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Be quiet.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Be verbose.
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.SH COMMANDS
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.TP
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.B \--setro
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Set read-only.
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.TP
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.B \--setrw
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Set read-write.
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.TP
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.B \--getro
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Get read-only. Print 1 if the device is read-only, 0 otherwise.
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.TP
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.B \--getss
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Print sectorsize in bytes - usually 512.
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.TP
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.B \--getsize
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Print device capacity (in 512-byte sectors).
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.TP
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.BI \--setra " N"
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Set readahead to
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.I N
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512-byte sectors.
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.TP
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.B \--getra
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Print readahead (in 512-byte sectors).
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.TP
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.B \--flushbufs
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Flush buffers.
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.TP
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.B \--rereadpt
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Reread partition table.
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