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--- a/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
}
break;
default:
- fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s [-B] [-t] [-S size] [-m memsize] [-b blocks] [-p percent] [-s blocksize] [-u pause] [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-z size]\n",
+ fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s [-B] [-t] [-S size] [-m memsize] [-b blocks] [-p percent] [-s blocksize] [-u pause] [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-z size] [-Z] [-d]\n",
progname );
fprintf( stderr, "-B = blocked device - pad out last block\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-t = show total amount written at end\n" );
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@
fprintf( stderr, "-i infile = file to read from\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-o outfile = file to write to\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-z size = combined -S/-s flag\n" );
+ fprintf( stderr, "-Z = seek to beginning of output after each 1GB (for some tape drives)\n" );
+ fprintf( stderr, "-d = print debug information to stderr\n" );
byee( -1 );
}
}
--- a/buffer.man
+++ b/buffer.man
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
buffer \- very fast reblocking program
.SH SYNTAX
.B buffer
-[\fB\-S size\fP] [\fB\-b blocks\fP] [\fB\-s size\fP] [\fB\-m size\fP]
+[\fB\-S size\fP] [\fB\-b blocks\fP] [\fB\-s size\fP] [\fB\-z size\fP] [\fB\-m size\fP]
[\fB\-p percentage\fP] [\fB\-u microseconds\fP] [\fB-B\fR] [\fB-t\fR]
-[\fB-Z\fR] [\fB-i filename\fR] [\fB-o filename\fR]
+[\fB-Z\fR] [\fB-i filename\fR] [\fB-o filename\fR] [\fB-d\fR]
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 5
.B \-i filename
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
Use this flag with extreme care. It can only be used on devices where
an lseek does not rewind the tape but does reset the kernels position
flags. It is used to allow more than 2 gigabytes to be written.
+.TP
+.B \-d
+Print debug information to stderr during operation.
.PP
Sizes are a number with an optional trailing character. A 'b'
multiplies the size by 512, a 'k' by 1024 and an 'm' by a meg.
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