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SCSI_STOP

Section: SG3_UTILS (8)
Updated: May 2013
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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  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009-2013 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a BSD-2-Clause license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  

SEE ALSO

sg_start (sg3_utils)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
EXIT STATUS
AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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