Provided by: sg3-utils_1.46-3ubuntu4_amd64 

NAME
scsi_ready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices
SYNOPSIS
scsi_ready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*
DESCRIPTION
This bash shell script calls the sg_turs utility on each given DEVICE. This will send a SCSI TEST UNIT
READY command to each DEVICE. Disks, tape drives and DVD/BD players amongst others may respond to this
SCSI command.
OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
-b, --brief
for each DEVICE given output a line containing either ' ready' or ' device not ready'. If
DEVICE is not found or there is another serious error then an error message will appear instead.
-h, --help
print out the usage message then exit.
-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_turs 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_turs (sg3_utils)
sg3_utils-1.36 May 2013 SCSI_READY(8)