NAME
badblocks - put a list of bad blocks in a file
SYNOPSIS
badblocks block_special [block] ...
EXAMPLES
badblocks /dev/hd1 # Handle bad blocks on /dev/hd1
badblocks /dev/hd3 310 570 1680
# Three bad blocks on /dev/hd3
DESCRIPTION
If a device contains bad sectors, it is important to not
have them allocated to important files. This program makes
it possible to collect up to 7 bad blocks into a dummy file,
so they will not be allocated for a 'real' file. When the
program starts up, it asks for a list of bad blocks, unless
they are provided as arguments. Then it creates a file
whose name is of the form .Bad_xxxxx, where xxxxx is a pid.
SEE ALSO
readall(1).