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NAME

6       scsi_start - start one or more SCSI disks
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SYNOPSIS

9       scsi_start [--help] [--verbose] [--wait] DEVICE [DEVICE]*
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  bourne  shell  script  calls  the  sg_start utility on each given
13       DEVICE. The purpose is to spin up (start) each given DEVICE.
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OPTIONS

16       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
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18       -h, --help
19              print out the usage message then exit.
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21       -v, --verbose
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24       -w, --wait
25              wait for the spin up (start) on each given DEVICE  to  complete.
26              The default action is to do each start in immediate mode.
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NOTES

29       If  a  large number of disks are spun up at the same time (i.e. without
30       the --wait option) then the power supply may be overloaded.
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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_start utility called. See the
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AUTHORS

38       Written by D. Gilbert
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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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SEE ALSO

47       sg_start (sg3_utils)
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