SYNOPSIS

nvme wdc purge <device>

DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends a Vendor Unique WDC Purge command and provides the result.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

OPTIONS

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EXAMPLES

  • Has the program issue WDC Purge Vendor Unique Command : 

    # nvme wdc purge /dev/nvme0n1

NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite.