sg_rmsn(8)

1SG_RMSN(8)                         SG3_UTILS                        SG_RMSN(8)
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NAME

6       sg_rmsn - sends a SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command
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SYNOPSIS

9       sg_rmsn [--help] [--raw] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE
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DESCRIPTION

12       Send  a SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command to DEVICE and outputs the
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15       This command is described in SPC-3 found at www.t10.org . It was origi‐
16       nally added to SPC-3 in revision 11 (2003/2/12). It is not an mandatory
17       command and the author has not seen any SCSI devices that support it.
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OPTIONS

20       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
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22       -h, --help
23              output the usage message then exit.
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25       -r, --raw
26              sends the serial number (if found) to stdout.  This  output  may
27              contain  non-printable  characters  (e.g.  the  serial number is
28              padded with NULLs at the end so its length is a multiple of  4).
29              The  default  action  is  to  print  the  serial  number  out in
30              ASCII-HEX with ASCII characters to the right. All error messages
31              are sent to stderr.
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33       -v, --verbose
34              increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).
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36       -V, --version
37              print the version string and then exit.
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NOTES

40       Device  identification  information is also found in a standard INQUIRY
41       response and its VPD pages (see sg_vpd). The relevant VPD pages are the
42       "device  identification page" (VPD page 0x83) and the "unit serial num‐
43       ber" page (VPD page 0x80).
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45       The MMC-4 command set for CD/DVD/HD-DVD/BD drives has a  "media  serial
46       number"  feature  (0x109) [and a "logical unit serial number" feature].
47       These can be viewed with sg_get_config.
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EXIT STATUS

50       The exit status of sg_rmsn is 0 when it is  successful.  Otherwise  see
51       the sg3_utils(8) man page.
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AUTHORS

54       Written by Douglas Gilbert.
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REPORTING BUGS

57       Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
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COPYRIGHT

60       Copyright © 2005-2008 Douglas Gilbert
61       This  software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO war‐
62       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PUR‐
63       POSE.
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