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SG_ZONE
Section: SG3_UTILS (8)
Updated: December 2014
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NAME
sg_zone - send SCSI OPEN, CLOSE or FINISH ZONE command
SYNOPSIS
sg_zone
[--all] [--close] [--finish] [--help]
[--open] [--verbose] [--version] [--zone=ID]
DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
Sends a SCSI OPEN ZONE, CLOSE ZONE or FINISH ZONE command to the DEVICE.
These commands are found in the ZBC draft standard revision 2 (zbc-r02.pdf).
One and only one of the --open, --close and --finish
options can be chosen.
OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
- -a, --all
-
sets the ALL field in the cdb.
- -c, --close
-
causes the CLOSE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
- -f, --finish
-
causes the FINISH ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
- -h, --help
-
output the usage message then exit.
- -o, --open
-
causes the OPEN ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
- -v, --verbose
-
increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).
- -V, --version
-
print the version string and then exit.
- -z, --zone=ID
-
where ID is placed in the cdb's ZONE ID field. A zone id is a zone
start logical block address (LBA). The default value is 0. ID is
assumed to be in decimal unless prefixed with '0x' or has a trailing 'h'
which indicate hexadecimal.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status of sg_zone is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see
the sg3_utils(8) man page.
AUTHORS
Written by Douglas Gilbert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2014 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
sg_rep_zones,sg_reset_wp(sg3_utils)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXIT STATUS
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- AUTHORS
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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