f3brew(1)
π f3brew β the manual, but make it cute π
okay bestie, welcome to f3brew(1), aka the section-1 manual page for the little experimental gremlin that helps you figure out what tf is going on inside a fake drive β¨
β¨ NAME β¨
f3brew β helps developers infer how fake drives actually work π΅οΈββοΈ
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
f3brew [OPTION] <DISK_DEV>
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so first things first: F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or Fight Fake Flash π iconic name, no notes.
f3brew is the one you pull out when you're a developer and you're trying to infer how fake drives work. it's giving detective energy fr fr π
β οΈ Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. like, experimental experimental. proceed with the appropriate amount of caution, bestie π
π OPTIONS π
-e,--end-at=BLOCKβ where the test ends, babes. the default is the very last block π-h,--start-at=BLOCKβ where the test begins. default is block zero, as one does β¨-R,--do-not-readβ do not read blocks. we're just not doing that today π-s,--reset-type=TYPEβ the reset method to use during the probe π-W,--do-not-writeβ do not write blocks. hands off, respectfully β-?,--helpβ gives you this help list. the assist you needed π«Ά--usageβ gives you a short usage message. quick lil vibe check π«-V,--versionβ prints the program version. gotta know which era we're in π
π SEE ALSO π
the whole squad, obviously: f3fix(1), f3probe(1), f3read(1), f3write(1) π
π AUTHOR π
The F3 was written by Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>.
This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). shoutout to the Debian girlies π«Ά
and that's the whole page bestie!! this one is F3BREW 6.0, dated Jan 2016 β vintage but still slaying π β¨ go infer some fake drive lore, mwah π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: f3 8.0-2 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- debian trixie: f3 9.0-1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: f3 8.0-1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu noble: f3 8.0-2build2 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu questing: f3 9.0-1
- ubuntu resolute: f3 9.0-1build1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: f3 9.0-1build1 Β· GPL-3.0-only
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms