.TH SG_ZONE "8" "November 2015" "sg3_utils\-1.42" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_zone \- send SCSI OPEN, CLOSE or FINISH ZONE command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sg_zone
[\fI\-\-all\fR] [\fI\-\-close\fR] [\fI\-\-finish\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR]
[\fI\-\-open\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] [\fI\-\-zone=ID\fR]
\fIDEVICE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Sends a SCSI OPEN ZONE, CLOSE ZONE or FINISH ZONE command to the \fIDEVICE\fR.
These commands are found in the ZBC draft standard revision
4c (zbc\-r04c.pdf).
.PP
One and only one of the \fI\-\-open\fR, \fI\-\-close\fR and \fI\-\-finish\fR
options can be chosen.
.SH OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
sets the ALL field in the cdb.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-close\fR
causes the CLOSE ZONE command to be sent to the \fIDEVICE\fR.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-finish\fR
causes the FINISH ZONE command to be sent to the \fIDEVICE\fR.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
output the usage message then exit.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-open\fR
causes the OPEN ZONE command to be sent to the \fIDEVICE\fR.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print the version string and then exit.
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIID\fR
where \fIID\fR 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. \fIID\fR is
assumed to be in decimal unless prefixed with '0x' or has a trailing 'h'
which indicate hexadecimal.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The exit status of sg_zone is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see
the sg3_utils(8) man page.
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Douglas Gilbert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014\-2015 Douglas Gilbert
.br
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.B sg_rep_zones,sg_reset_wp(sg3_utils)