Erase 19H - Sony DDS-4 Product Description Manual

6. COMMAND SPECIFICATION

6. 01 ERASE 19h

Bit 7
Byte
0
1 Logical Unit Number
2
3
4
5 Unused (00b)
ERASE causes part or all of the remaining data within a partition be erased beginning at the current logical position.
Any write data that is currently held in the buffer is written to tape before the ERASE is executed.
Immed:
If the Immediate bit is set to zero, the drive will not return status until the selected operation has completed. If the
bit is set, status will be returned as soon as the operation has been initiated.
Long:
The Long bit controls the distance to be erased.
If the bit is set to 1, the drive will write EOD from the current logical position till the end of current partition.
If the bit is set to 0, the drive will write only 300 frames (for DDS-1) or 450 frames (for DDS-2, DDS-3 or 600
frames (DDS-4)) of EOD from the current logical position.
6 5 4
Operation Code (19h)
3 2
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
SONY SDT-10000/SDT-11000 DDS Tape Drive
ERASE
1 0
Immed Long
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