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/usr/bin/blkzone

Misc binaries for util-linux

From util-linux-misc 2.42.4-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running blkzone --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
 blkzone <command> [options] <device>

Run zone command on the given block device.

Commands:
 report       Report zone information about the given device
 capacity     Report sum of zone capacities for the given device
 reset        Reset a range of zones.
 open         Open a range of zones.
 close        Close a range of zones.
 finish       Set a range of zones to Full.

Options:
 -o, --offset <sector>  start sector of zone to act (in 512-byte sectors)
 -l, --length <sectors> maximum sectors to act (in 512-byte sectors)
 -c, --count <number>   maximum number of zones
 -f, --force            enforce on block devices used by the system
 -v, --verbose          display more details

 -h, --help             display this help
 -V, --version          display version

Arguments:
 Values for <sector> and <sectors> may be followed by a suffix: KiB, MiB,
 GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB, or YiB (where the "iB" is optional).

For more details see blkzone(8).
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-o, --offset sectorstart sector of zone to act (in 512-byte sectors)help + man
-c, --count numberThe maximum number of zones the command should operate on.help + man
-f, --forceEnforce commands to change zone status on block devices used by the system.help + man
-v, --verboseDisplay the number of zones returned in the report or the range of sectors reset.help + man
-h, --helpDisplay help text and exit.help + man
-V, --versionDisplay version and exit.help + man
-l, --length sectorsThe maximum number of sectors the command should operate on. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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