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Update documentation for -z -z random read option
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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ These options are to be used on the command line. E.g., 'IOR -a POSIX -b 4K'.
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-x singleXferAttempt -- do not retry transfer if incomplete
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-X N reorderTasksRandomSeed -- random seed for -Z option
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-Y fsyncPerWrite -- perform fsync after each POSIX write
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-z randomOffset -- access is to random, not sequential, offsets within a file
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-z randomOffset -- access is to shuffled, not sequential, offsets within a file; specify twice for random (potentially overlapping)
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-Z reorderTasksRandom -- changes task ordering to random ordering for readback
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* setting this to zero (0) unsets this option
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* this option is incompatible w/data checking
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* randomOffset - access is to random, not sequential, offsets within a file [0=FALSE]
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* randomOffset - If 1 then access is shuffled, not sequential, offsets within a file [0=FALSE]
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If 2 then access is totally random, and may read
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the some blocks more than once, and others never.
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NOTES: * this option is currently incompatible with:
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-checkRead
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-storeFileOffset

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