August 2016 SSA Command 281
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SSA Command
This vendor unique command is used to search for information on the currently
mounted media. All searches are initiated at the current device location. The search is
complete when the specified search data is found, EOD is detected, or a filemark is
encountered (see option flags).
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TABLE D-1 SSA Command
Byte
Bit
76543210
0
Operation Code (C5h)
1 Reserved
2
thru
4
Data Block Offset
5 Reserved
SOFM Reserved DBOE
6 Reserved
7 Reserved
8
thru
9
(MSB)
Search Data Length
(LSB)
10 Reserved
11 Control Byte
TABLE D-2 SSA Data Format
Byte
Bit
76543210
0
thru
1023
(MSB)
Data Block Offset
(LSB)