f3write, f3read - test real flash memory capacity
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Description
F3 (Fight Flash Fraud or Fight Fake Flash) tests the full capacity of a flash card (flash drive, flash
disk, pendrive). It writes to the card and then checks if can read it. It will assure you haven't been
sold a card with a smaller capacity than stated.
When writing to flash drive, f3write fills the filesystem with 1GB files named N.h2w, where N is a number
(i.e. /[0-9]+/).
WARNING: all data on the tested disk might be lost!
Example
To write over a flash drive mounted at /media/TEST:
$ f3write /media/TEST
To read this flash drive:
$ f3read /media/TEST
Name
f3write,f3read - test real flash memory capacity
Options
--start-at=NUM
Initial number of file names. Default value is 1.
--end-at=NUM
Final number of file names. Default value is "infinity".
See Also
For detailed information about the F3 tools, see:
http://oss.digirati.com.br/f3/Synopsis
f3write [--start-at=NUM] [--end-at=NUM] <PATH>
f3read [--start-at=NUM] [--end-at=NUM] <PATH>
