NVME-REACHABILITY-(1)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

💅 nvme-reachability-groups-log — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so real talk, this is a page from the NVMe Manual and it's about a command with a very long name that you're honestly probably not gonna want to type anymore. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nvme-reachability-groups-log — grab the Reachability Groups Log and show it off. and yeah... she's deprecated 💀 (we still love her tho)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nvme [<global-options>] reachability-groups-log <device>
                        [--groups-only | -g]
                        [--rae | -r]

that's the whole shape of it, bestie. <device> goes in, log comes out ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this is a deprecated alias for nvme-log-reachability-groups(1). it got kept around purely for scripts that were written against nvme-cli versions older than 3.0. the options? identical. the behavior? identical. literally the only thing being preserved here is the top-level command name. no cap.

new scripts should be using nvme log reachability-groups instead. periodt.

and because it's deprecated, this alias prints a deprecation warning on stderr — so if you see it yelling, that's not a bug, that's just her being dramatic 😭. also worth knowing: it may be removed in a future release, so like... don't get too attached.

for the full option reference you wanna go look at nvme-log-reachability-groups(1). iykyk 💖

👑 GLOBAL OPTIONS 👑

these options live up at the top-level nvme command and they're available to this subcommand too. so they're inherited, not special to her 🌈

  • --dry-run — prints out the command it would have executed and then... doesn't execute it 🙈 perfect for when you wanna look but not touch.
  • --no-ioctl-probing — turns off probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. just opts out of the whole vibe check.
  • --no-retries — disables retry logic on transient errors. one shot, one opportunity bestie 💀
  • -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — sets the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. only one output format at a time, so pick your fighter ✨
  • --output-format-version=<version> — picks the output format version. version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (the default) gives you more consistent and script-friendly field names. any other version gets rejected — sorry babe, no custom versions 💅
  • --quiet — suppresses informational messages. errors still get reported (obviously), and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. they do not coexist. it's giving chosen one energy.
  • --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — sets libnvme library options for this invocation only. the supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. 🎀
  • --timeout=<ms> — sets the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 means it waits with no time limit at all (0xffffffff) 🕰️
  • -v, --verbose — increases the level of detail in the output. you can pass it multiple times to keep cranking the verbosity up 🔥
  • -- — (nope, not a real option, just checking you're still reading 😭 keep scrolling)

oooo and one more thing — these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults over in nvme-cli.conf(5). but a command-line flag always overrides the file. always. no exceptions. 👑

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

No Examples

literally. that's the entire section. the manpage said "No Examples" and honestly? iconic for her to be that mysterious. we move 🌸

🧚 NVME 🧚

part of the nvme-user suite. one big happy family 💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

💀 reminder bestie: this whole page describes a deprecated alias. it warns you on stderr and might straight-up vanish in a future release. use nvme log reachability-groups and live your best life.

okay that's the page!! this was NVMe manual, dated 10/30/2026, and it's brought to you by the NVME-REACHABILITY-(1) gang — mwah, love u, go read the non-deprecated one 🫶✨🎀

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