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Merge pull request #300 from andreasheil/update-man-and-help

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Update man and help
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man/nwipe.1
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@@ -38,8 +38,18 @@ those specified devices immediately.
Power off system on completion of wipe delayed for for one minute. During
this one minute delay you can abort the shutdown by typing sudo shutdown -c
.TP
\fB\-\-sync\fR
Open devices in sync mode
\fB\-\-sync\fR=\fINUM\fR
Will perform a syn after NUM writes (default: 10000)
.IP
0 \- fdatasync after the disk is completely written
fdatasync errors not detected until completion.
0 is not recommended as disk errors may cause nwipe
to appear to hang
.IP
1 \- fdatasync after every write
Warning: Lower values will reduce wipe speeds.
.IP
1000 \- fdatasync after 1000 writes
.TP
\fB\-\-noblank\fR
Do not perform the final blanking pass after the wipe (default is to blank,

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src/options.c
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@@ -489,13 +489,13 @@ void display_help()
puts( " for one minute. During this one minute delay you can" );
puts( " abort the shutdown by typing sudo shutdown -c\n" );
printf( " --sync=NUM Will perform a sync after NUM writes (default: %d)\n", DEFAULT_SYNC_RATE );
puts( " 0 - fdatasync after the disk is completely written" );
puts( " fdatasync errors not detected until completion." );
puts( " 0 is not recommended as disk errors may cause nwipe" );
puts( " to appear to hang" );
puts( " 1 - fdatasync after every write" );
puts( " Warning: Lower values will reduce wipe speeds." );
puts( " 1000000 - fdatasync after 1000000 writes etc.)\n" );
puts( " 0 - fdatasync after the disk is completely written" );
puts( " fdatasync errors not detected until completion." );
puts( " 0 is not recommended as disk errors may cause" );
puts( " nwipe to appear to hang" );
puts( " 1 - fdatasync after every write" );
puts( " Warning: Lower values will reduce wipe speeds." );
puts( " 1000 - fdatasync after 1000 writes etc.\n" );
puts( " --verify=TYPE Whether to perform verification of erasure" );
puts( " (default: last)" );
puts( " off - Do not verify" );