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.TH ziptool 1 "Linux tools for Iomega JAZ and ZIP drives Version 1.1" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
jaztool, ziptool \- Tools for Iomega JAZ and ZIP drives
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jaztool
option device
.br
.B ziptool
option device
.SH DESCRIPTION
Medium protection is done by software for Iomega's JAZ and ZIP drives.
.BR jaztool
and
.BR ziptool
make this features available for Linux. Before performing any protection
mode changes, both tools check that
.I device
is actually a JAZ or ZIP drive and that no partition of the inserted
medium is currently mounted.
.PP
.BR jaztool
and
.BR ziptool
prompt for a password if the current or the requested protection mode is
the password write-protected mode. The maximum length of a password is
33 characters (limited by Iomega).
.PP
After each protection mode change the medium is ejected to make sure
Linux reads the new protection mode when the medium is reinserted.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
.TP 8
.B \-e
Eject the medium.
.TP 8
.B \-p
Password write\-protect the medium.
.RS
.PP
.B WARNING:
If you forget the password, you will not be able to remove the
write\-protection anymore.
.RE
.TP 8
.B \-r
Remove any protection from the medium.
.TP 8
.B \-s
Get the current protection status. Supported protection modes are:
.RS
.IP
unprotected
.br
write-protected
.br
password write-protected
.RE
.TP 8
.B \-w
Write\-protect the medium.
.SH BUGS
Changing password if the medium is password write-protected is
currently not supported. If you want to change the password now you
first have to remove protection from the medium or put it into the
write protected mode and after that switch it back to password
write-protected mode.
.PP
Not all protection modes offered by the JAZ and ZIP drives can be
supported under Linux.
.SH AUTHOR
Mirko Kraft (Mirko.Kraft@ixos.de)
.PP
.B ziptool
is based on the great work of Grant R. Guenther (grant@torque.net) and
Itai Nahshon.
.B jaztool
was originally written by Bob Willmot (bwillmot@cnct.com,
http://www.cnct.com/~bwillmot).