sg_zone(8)

1SG_ZONE(8)                         SG3_UTILS                        SG_ZONE(8)
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NAME

6       sg_zone - send SCSI OPEN, CLOSE, FINISH or SEQUENTIALIZE ZONE command
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SYNOPSIS

9       sg_zone  [--all]  [--close]  [--count=ZC]  [--finish] [--help] [--open]
10       [--sequentialize] [--verbose] [--version] [--zone=ID] DEVICE
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DESCRIPTION

13       Sends a SCSI OPEN ZONE, CLOSE ZONE, FINISH ZONE or  SEQUENTIALIZE  ZONE
14       command  to  the  DEVICE.  All but the last are found in the soon to be
15       released ZBC standard (close to draft ZBC BSR INCITS 536 revision  05).
16       The SEQUENTIALIZE ZONE command was added in zbc2r01b.
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18       One  and  only one of the --open, --close, --finish and --sequentialize
19       options can be chosen.
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OPTIONS

22       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
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24       -a, --all
25              sets the ALL field in the cdb.
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27       -c, --close
28              causes the CLOSE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
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30       -C, --count=ZC
31              ZC is placed in the Zone Count field in the cdb of all four com‐
32              mands  supported by this utility. ZC should be a value from 0 to
33              65535 (0xffff) inclusive.
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35       -f, --finish
36              causes the FINISH ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
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38       -h, --help
39              output the usage message then exit.
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41       -o, --open
42              causes the OPEN ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
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44       -S, --sequentialize
45              causes the SEQUENTIALIZE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.
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47       -v, --verbose
48              increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).
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50       -V, --version
51              print the version string and then exit.
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53       -z, --zone=ID
54              where ID is placed in the cdb's ZONE ID field. A zone  id  is  a
55              zone  start logical block address (LBA). The default value is 0.
56              ID is assumed to be in decimal unless prefixed with '0x' or  has
57              a trailing 'h' which indicate hexadecimal.
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EXIT STATUS

60       The  exit  status  of sg_zone is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see
61       the sg3_utils(8) man page.
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AUTHORS

64       Written by Douglas Gilbert.
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REPORTING BUGS

67       Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
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COPYRIGHT

70       Copyright © 2014-2018 Douglas Gilbert
71       This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO  war‐
72       ranty;  not  even  for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR‐
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