Tandberg Data
Write Filemarks
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IMM
A combination of buffered mode and an Immediate (IMM)
bit of one, indicates that the Target will end the
command and return status as soon as the tapemark blocks
are written into the data buffer. If the Immediate bit
is set to zero, the Target will not return status until
the Write operation has completed. This will be true
even in buffered mode. Any buffered data and tapemarks
will be written to the medium prior to completing the
command.
Number Of
Tapemarks
This field specifies the number of tapemarks to be
written. A zero value will write no tapemarks. This can
be used to force any buffered write data or tapemarks to
be written to the tape. When this field is zero the
Drive will not return status until all data and
tapemarks have been written (the IMM bit is just ignored
in this case). The range of legal values is 0..16777215.
32.3. Terminating Write Operations
See the WRITE command section.
32.4. Write Filemarks from BOM
See the WRITE command section.
32.5. Exception Handling
32.5.1. General
See sections on Error Conditions For All Commands,
Deferred Errors and Error Conditions For Media Access
Commands.
If the Drive is in unbuffered mode and IMMEDIATE bit is
set to one, the Drive will terminate the WRITE FILEMARKS
command with CHECK CONDITION status. The Error Code will
be set to I
NVALID FIELD IN CDB
. The logical tape position
will not be changed.
If both the IMM and the Link bits are set to one the
Drive will terminate the WRITE FILEMARKS command with
CHECK CONDITION status. The Error Code will be set to
I
NVALID FIELD IN CDB
. The logical tape position will not be
changed.
When the WRITE FILEMARKS command has started execution,
all detected errors will set the VADD bit and the
Information Bytes will hold the difference between the
requested and the actual tapemark count. See the
following sections for details.
If the inserted cartridge is write-protected, the WRITE
FILEMARKS command will be terminated with CHECK
CONDITION status. No tapemarks will be written. The
Error Code will be set to W
RITE PROTECTED
. This will be
true even if the requested number of Tapemarks is zero.
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