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SG_ZONE(8)			   SG3_UTILS			    SG_ZONE(8)

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 war‐
       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PUR‐
       POSE.

SEE ALSO
       sg_rep_zones,sg_reset_wp(sg3_utils)

sg3_utils-1.41			 December 2014			    SG_ZONE(8)

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