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NAME
scsi_readcap - do SCSI READ CAPACITY command on disks
SYNOPSIS
scsi_readcap [--brief] [--help] [--long] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*
DESCRIPTION
This bash shell script calls the sg_readcap utility on each given DEVICE. This will send a SCSI READ
CAPACITY command to each DEVICE.
The default action of this script is to send the 10 byte cdb READ CAPACITY(10) command to each DEVICE. If
a response indicates the number of blocks is greater than or equal to '2**32 - 1' then the READ
CAPACITY(16) is sent and its response is output.
OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
-b, --brief
shortens the output to two hexadecimal numbers, both prefixed by '0x'. The first number is the
number of blocks available and the second is the size of each blocks in bytes (e.g. '0x12a19eb0
0x200'). If an error is detected '0x0 0x0' is output and the script continues if there are more
DEVICEs.
-h, --help
print out the usage message then exit.
-l, --long
the default is to send the READ CAPACITY(10) command (i.e. the 10 byte cdb variant). When this
option is given the READ CAPACITY(16) command is sent. The latter command yields more information
in its response.
-v, --verbose
increase level or verbosity.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is that of the last
sg_readcap utility called. See the sg3_utils(8) man page.
AUTHORS
Written by D. Gilbert
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009-2013 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_readcap (sg3_utils)
sg3_utils-1.36 May 2013 SCSI_READCAP(8)