nvme-write(1)

# nvme-write(1) Manual Page

## NAME

nvme-write - Send an NVMe write command, provide results

## SYNOPSIS

    nvme-write <device> [--start-block=<slba> | -s <slba>]
                            [--block-count=<nlb> | -c <nlb>]
                            [--data-size=<size> | -z <size>]
                            [--metadata-size=<size> | -y <size>]
                            [--ref-tag=<reftag> | -r <reftag>]
                            [--data=<data-file> | -d <data-file>]
                            [--metadata=<metadata-file> | -M <metadata-file>]
                            [--prinfo=<prinfo> | -p <prinfo>]
                            [--app-tag-mask=<appmask> | -m <appmask>]
                            [--app-tag=<apptag> | -a <apptag>]
                            [--limited-retry | -l]
                            [--latency | -t]
                            [--force-unit-access | -f]

## DESCRIPTION

The Write command writes the logical blocks specified by the command to the medium from the data data buffer provided. Will use stdin by default if you don’t provide a file.

## OPTIONS

--start-block=<slba>
-s <slba>

  Start block.

--latency
-t

  Print out the latency the IOCTL took (in us).

## EXAMPLES

No examples yet.

## NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite