scsi_stop

Langue: en

Version: 364974 (ubuntu - 25/10/10)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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 © 2009 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

sg_start (sg3_utils)