User Guide
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dd2_setparam_drive DD-2 Utilities Manual Pages
EXIT STATUS 
The dd2 utilities use the following exit status codes, and may also produce output to -stdout 
on success: 
0 Operation succeeded.
nonzero Operation failed.
A nonzero return value describes the error encountered error during processing (see “Exit 
Status” on page 6-5).
EXAMPLES 
1. Set the data block size to 16384 and enable Request Sense information: 
dd2_setparam_drive -param ’:16384:0x0400:’
2. Use dd2_getparam_drive to get the current drive parameters and verify that the data 
block size and debug level are set correctly.
SEE ALSO 
“DD-2 Utilities Overview” on page 6-1, dd2_getparam_drive, dst_setparam()










