SCSI Commands

5.27 WRITE FILEMARKS COMMAND (10h)

The WRITE FILEMARKS command directs the tape drive to write the specified number of Filemarks beginning at the current logical position on tape. If the Immediate bit is not set, any data or Filemarks in the WRITE cache buffer are written to tape.

 

Bit

 

7

 

6

 

5

4

 

3

2

1

 

0

 

 

Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation Code (10h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Logical Unit Number

 

 

 

Reserved

 

WSMk

 

Immed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 - 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Filemarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

5

 

 

Unused

 

 

 

Reserved

 

Flag

 

Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5–83 WRITE FILEMARKS Command Descriptor Block - Data Format

 

 

 

Table 5–84 WRITE FILEMARKS Command Data - Field Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Name

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WSmk

 

Write Setmark. Must be 0. This tape drive does not support Setmarks.

 

 

 

Immed

 

Immediate. When this bit is set to 1, the tape drive returns status as soon as the

 

 

 

 

Command Descriptor Block (CDB) has been validated, unless the Filemark count

 

 

 

 

is 0, or greater than 1 (since either condition causes the WRITE buffer to be

 

 

 

 

 

 

flushed to tape medium).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When set to 0, this bit indicates the status will not be returned until the

 

 

 

 

 

 

operation is complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

This field contains the number of consecutive Filemarks to be written to tape

 

Filemarks

 

medium. A value of 0 is not considered to be an error; GOOD status is returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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