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SCSI_READY(8)							     SG3_UTILS							     SCSI_READY(8)

NAME
scsi_ready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices SYNOPSIS
scsi_ready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]* DESCRIPTION
This Bourne shell script calls the sg_turs utility on each given DEVICE. This will send a SCSI TEST UNIT READY command to each DEVICE. Disks, tape drives and DVD/BD players amongst others may respond to this SCSI command. OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. -b, --brief for each DEVICE given output a line containing either ' ready' or ' device not ready'. If DEVICE is not found or there is another serious error then an error message will appear instead. -h, --help print out the usage message then exit. -v, --verbose increase level or verbosity. EXIT STATUS
The exit status of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is that of the last sg_turs utility called. See the sg3_utils(8) man page. AUTHORS
Written by D. Gilbert COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Douglas Gilbert This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR- POSE. SEE ALSO
sg_turs (sg3_utils) sg3_utils-1.28 October 2009 SCSI_READY(8)

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SCSI_STOP(8)							     SG3_UTILS							      SCSI_STOP(8)

NAME
scsi_stop - stop (spin down) one or more SCSI disks SYNOPSIS
scsi_stop [--help] [--verbose] [--wait] DEVICE [DEVICE]* DESCRIPTION
This Bourne shell script calls the sg_start utility on each given DEVICE. The purpose is to spin down (stop) each given DEVICE. OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. -h, --help print out the usage message then exit. -v, --verbose increase level or verbosity. -w, --wait wait for the spin down (stop) on each given DEVICE to complete. The default action is to do each stop in immediate mode. NOTES
The sg_start utility calls the SCSI START STOP UNIT command and can either start (spin up) or stop (spin down) a SCSI disk depending on the given command line options. EXIT STATUS
The exit status of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is that of the last sg_start utility called. See the sg3_utils(8) man page. AUTHORS
Written by D. Gilbert COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Douglas Gilbert This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR- POSE. SEE ALSO
sg_start (sg3_utils) sg3_utils-1.28 August 2009 SCSI_STOP(8)
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