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+nvme-wdc-drive-essentials(1)
+============================
+
+NAME
+----
+nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin files and
+save to a tar file.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'nvme wdc drive-essentials' <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+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
+
+The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).
+
+This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature.
+Results for any other device are undefined.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-d <DIRECTORY>::
+--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>::
+ Output directory; defaults to current working directory.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+* 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):
++
+------------
+# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0
+------------
+* 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):
++
+------------
+# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/
+------------
+
+NVME
+----
+Part of the nvme-user suite.