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NAME

       scsi_start - start one or more SCSI disks

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       This  bourne  shell  script  calls  the  sg_start utility on each given
       DEVICE. The purpose is to spin up (start) 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 up (start) on each given DEVICE  to  complete.
              The default action is to do each start in immediate mode.

NOTES

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

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 Douglas Gilbert
       This software is distributed under  a  FreeBSD  license.  There  is  NO
       warranty;  not  even  for  MERCHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       sg_start (sg3_utils)