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+.\"     Title: nvme-wdc-drive-essentials
+.\"    Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: 02/14/2024
+.\"    Manual: NVMe Manual
+.\"    Source: NVMe
+.\"  Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "NVME\-WDC\-DRIVE\-ES" "1" "02/14/2024" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
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+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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+.SH "NAME"
+nvme-wdc-drive-essentials \- Retrieve WDC device\*(Aqs drive essentials bin files and save to a tar file\&.
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+\fInvme wdc drive\-essentials\fR <device> [\-\-dir\-name=<DIRECTORY>, \-d <DIRECTORY>]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and saves them into a tar file\&. The tar file will be in the following format: DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW Revision>_<Date>_<Time>\&.tar\&.gz e\&.g\&. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731\&.tar\&.gz
+.sp
+The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0)\&.
+.sp
+This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature\&. Results for any other device are undefined\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\-d <DIRECTORY>, \-\-dir\-name=<DIRECTORY>
+.RS 4
+Output directory; defaults to current working directory\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file in current directory (e\&.g\&. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731\&.tar\&.gz):
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# nvme wdc drive\-essentials /dev/nvme0
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file to specified directory (e\&.g\&. /tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731):
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# nvme wdc drive\-essentials /dev/nvme0 \-d /tmp/
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.RE
+.SH "NVME"
+.sp
+Part of the nvme\-user suite\&.