.TH f3probe "1" "Jan 2016" "F3PROBE 6.0" "probe a block device for counterfeit flash memory"
.\" Text automatically generated by txt2man
.SH NAME
\fBf3probe \fP- probe a block device for counterfeit flash memory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C
 \fBf3probe\fP [\fB-lnt\fP?V] [\fB-b\fP \fIORDER\fP] [\fB-s\fP \fITYPE\fP] [\fB--block-order\fP=\fIORDER\fP]
          [\fB--min-memory\fP] [\fB--destructive\fP] [\fB--reset-type\fP=\fITYPE\fP] [\fB--time-ops\fP]
          [\fB--help\fP] [\fB--usage\fP] [\fB--version\fP] <DISK_DEV>
.fam T
.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or Fight Fake Flash.
.PP
\fBf3probe\fP probes a block device for counterfeit flash memory. If counterfeit, \fBf3probe\fP identifies
the fake type and real memory size
.PP
Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B
\fB-b\fP, \fB--block-order\fP=\fIORDER\fP
Force block size of the drive to 2^\fIORDER\fP Bytes.
.TP
.B
\fB-l\fP, \fB--min-memory\fP
Trade speed for less use of memory.
.TP
.B
\fB-n\fP, \fB--destructive\fP
Do not restore blocks of the device after probing it.
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP, \fB--reset-type\fP=\fITYPE\fP
Reset method to use during the probe.
.TP
.B
\fB-t\fP, \fB--time-ops\fP
Time reads, writes, and resets.
.TP
.B
-?, \fB--help\fP
Give this help list.
.TP
.B
\fB--usage\fP
Give a short usage message.
.TP
.B
\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
Print program version.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBf3brew\fP(1), \fBf3fix\fP(1), \fBf3read\fP(1), \fBf3write\fP(1)
.SH AUTHOR
The F3 was written by Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).