man sg_zone (8): 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 4c (zbc-r04c.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>.