ZBC(8)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the ZBC(8) manual bestie 💖 this page is all about gzbc — a ZBC and ZAC device management graphical interface. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gzbc [options] device

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

gzbc is a GUI, like literally a graphical user interface, that lets you view the state of zones on a ZBC and ZAC device and run zone management commands. iconic.

The zone reset, open, close, and finish commands can be applied to zones selected from the list of zones displayed. slay.

The list of zones displayed can be filtered based on zone type and zone condition. no cap. Zones are represented graphically using colored boxes indicating zone type and write state — it’s giving visual clarity 🎀.

The device argument must be the pathname to the target device block device file (e.g., /dev/sdb), or to the target device SG node file (e.g., /dev/sg3). On old kernels lacking ZBC and ZAC support, only the device SG node file will be available. lowkey important.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h, --help — show help options and exit. bye bestie 👋
• --help-all — show all help options and exit. all of them, fr fr.
• --help-gtk — show GTK+ options and exit. GTK+ girlies rise 🌈
• -v, --verbose — use libzbc verbose mode (for debug). debug vibes 🔥
• -i, --interval=msec — automatically refresh the zone list every msec milliseconds. set it and let it keep refreshing ✨
• -b, --block=size — use size as the unit for displaying a zone position, length and write pointer position instead of the default 512B sector unit. block-unit glow-up 🫶
• --display=iDISPLAY — specify the X display to use. tell it where to display, iykyk.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com> — icon.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

gzviewer(8) — go give it a look bestie.

🌟 AVAILABILITY 🌟

The gzbc utility is part of the libzbc library available from https://github.com/westerndigitalcorporation/libzbc. periodt.

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