Section 8 · System administration

scsi_stop.8

Package: sg3_utils

SCSI_STOP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
EXIT STATUS
AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

scsi_stop − stop (spin down) one or more SCSI disks

SYNOPSIS

scsi_stop [−−help] [−−verbose] [−−wait] DEVICE [DEVICE]*

DESCRIPTION

This bash 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