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NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)

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NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)

NAME

nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result

SYNOPSIS

nvme [<global-options>] wdc purge-monitor <device>

DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the status of the purge command.

Expected status and description :-

Status Code	Description
0x00	Purge State Idle.
0x01	Purge State Done.
0x02	Purge State Busy.
0x03	Purge State Error : Purge operation resulted in error, power cycle required.
0x04	Purge State Error : Purge operation interrupted by power cycle or reset.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

OPTIONS

No options yet.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

EXAMPLES

•Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :

# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0

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09/18/2026

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