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-rw-r--r--disk-utils/blockdev.89
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
index a95679c4f..567e2e1b0 100644
--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.8
+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ Set blocksize to
bytes.
.TP
.B \--getsize
-Print device size in sectors.
+Print device size in sectors (BLKGETSIZE). Deprecated in favor of the
+.B \--getsz
+option.
.TP
.B \--getsize64
-Print device size in bytes.
+Print device size in bytes (BLKGETSIZE64)
+.TP
+.B \--getsz
+Get size in 512-byte sectors (BLKGETSIZE64 / 512).
.TP
.BI \--setra " N"
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