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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME deadshred - override the contents of a device that may be broken SYNOPSIS - deadshred device [< random-source] + deadshred [-o offset] [-l length | -e postend] device [< random-source] DESCRIPTION The deadshred utility fills a file or block devices with @@ -12,7 +12,20 @@ DESCRIPTION to override and retries it later. OPTIONS - No options are supported. + The following options are supported: + + -e postend + Position in the device to stop writing at. The byte + indexed by the value postend will not be overwritten. + + -l length + The number of bytes in the device to overwrite. If the + -o option is unused (or the offset 0 is used), this is + equivalent to the -e option, however the -o option is + used, writing will stop at length bytes past offset. + + -o offset + The index of the first byte in the device to overwrite. OPERANDS The following operand is supported: |