scsi_ready(8)

1SCSI_READY(8)                      SG3_UTILS                     SCSI_READY(8)
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NAME

6       scsi_ready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices
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SYNOPSIS

9       scsi_ready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  bourne  shell  script  calls  the  sg_turs  utility on each given
13       DEVICE. This will send a SCSI TEST UNIT READY command to  each  DEVICE.
14       Disks,  tape  drives  and  DVD/BD players amongst others may respond to
15       this SCSI command.
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OPTIONS

18       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
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20       -b, --brief
21              for  each  DEVICE  given  output  a  line  containing  either  '
22              ready'  or  '     device  not  ready'. If DEVICE is not found or
23              there is another serious error then an error message will appear
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26       -h, --help
27              print out the usage message then exit.
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29       -v, --verbose
30              increase level or verbosity.
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EXIT STATUS

33       The  exit  status  of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise
34       the exit status is that of the last sg_turs  utility  called.  See  the
35       sg3_utils(8) man page.
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AUTHORS

38       Written by D. Gilbert
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COPYRIGHT

41       Copyright © 2009 Douglas Gilbert
42       This  software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO war‐
43       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PUR‐
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