'\" t .\" Title: nvme-zns-zone-append .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> .\" Date: 03/31/2023 .\" Manual: NVMe Manual .\" Source: NVMe .\" Language: English .\" .TH "NVME\-ZNS\-ZONE\-APP" "1" "03/31/2023" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" nvme-zns-zone-append \- Send an NVMe write command, provide results .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fInvme\-zns\-zone\-append\fR <device> [\-\-namespace\-id=<NUM> | \-n <NUM>] [\-\-zslba=<IONUM> | \-s <IONUM>] [\-\-data\-size=<IONUM> | \-z <IONUM>] [\-\-metadata\-size=<IONUM> | \-y <IONUM>] [\-\-data=<FILE> | \-d <FILE>] [\-\-metadata=<FILE> | \-M <FILE>] [\-\-limited\-retry | \-l] [\-\-force\-unit\-access | \-f] [\-\-ref\-tag=<NUM> | \-r <NUM>] [\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<NUM> | \-m <NUM>] [\-\-app\-tag=<NUM> | \-a <NUM>] [\-\-prinfo=<NUM> | \-p <NUM>] .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp The zone append command writes the logical blocks specified by the command to the medium from the data data buffer provided\&. Will use stdin by default if you don\(cqt provide a file\&. .sp On success, the program will report the LBA that was assigned to the data for the append operation\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \-n <NUM>, \-\-namespace\-id=<NUM> .RS 4 Use the provided namespace id for the command\&. If not provided, the namespace id of the block device will be used\&. If the command is issued to a non\-block device, the parameter is required\&. .RE .PP \-s <IONUM>, \-\-zslba=<IONUM>, \-z <IONUM>, \-\-data\-size=<IONUM> .RS 4 Size of data, in bytes\&. .RE .PP \-y <IONUM>, \-\-metadata\-size=<IONUM> .RS 4 Size of metadata in bytes\&. .RE .PP \-d <FILE>, \-\-data=<FILE> .RS 4 Data file providing the data to write\&. If none provided, contents are sent from STDIN\&. .RE .PP \-M <FILE>, \-\-metadata=<FILE> .RS 4 Metadata file, if necessary\&. .RE .PP \-l, \-\-limited\-retry .RS 4 Sets the limited retry flag\&. .RE .PP \-f, \-\-force\-unit\-access .RS 4 Set the force\-unit access flag\&. .RE .PP \-r <NUM>, \-\-ref\-tag=<NUM> .RS 4 Optional reftag when used with protection information\&. .RE .PP \-m <NUM>, \-\-app\-tag\-mask=<NUM> .RS 4 Optional application tag mask when used with protection information\&. .RE .PP \-a <NUM>, \-\-app\-tag=<NUM> .RS 4 Optional application tag when used with protection information\&. .RE .PP \-p <NUM>, \-\-prinfo=<NUM> .RS 4 Protection Information field definition\&. .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .sp .RS 4 .ie n \{\ \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c .\} .el \{\ .sp -1 .IP \(bu 2.3 .\} Append the data "hello world" into 4k worth of blocks into the zone starting at block 0 for namespace 1: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf # echo "hello world" | nvme zns zone\-append /dev/nvme0 \-n 1 \-s 0 \-z 4k .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .RE .SH "NVME" .sp Part of the nvme\-user suite