NAME

       scsi_stop - stop (spin down) one or more SCSI disks

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

       -v, --verbose
              increase level or verbosity.

       -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.

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_start (sg3_utils)