scsi_stop8
Stop (spin down) one or more scsi disks
Usage
scsi_stop [--help]
[--verbose]
[--wait]
DEVICE
[DEVICE]
*
Overview
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.
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-v, --verbose -
increase level or verbosity.
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-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.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)