.TH BADBLOCKS 8
.SH NAME
badblocks \- put a list of bad blocks in a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBbadblocks \fIblock_special\fR [\fIblock\fR] ...\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "badblocks /dev/hd1       " "Handle bad blocks on \fI/dev/hd1\fP"
.EX "badblocks /dev/hd3 310 570 1680 " "Three bad blocks on \fI/dev/hd3\fP"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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 \fI.Bad_xxxxx\fR, where \fIxxxxx\fR is a pid.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR readall (1).