| .TH SCSI_START "8" "May 2013" "sg3_utils\-1.36" SG3_UTILS |
| .SH NAME |
| scsi_start \- start one or more SCSI disks |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B scsi_start |
| [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-wait\fR] |
| \fIDEVICE\fR [\fIDEVICE\fR]* |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .\" Add any additional description here |
| .PP |
| This bash shell script calls the sg_start utility on each given |
| \fIDEVICE\fR. The purpose is to spin up (start) each given \fIDEVICE\fR. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| print out the usage message then exit. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR |
| increase level or verbosity. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wait\fR |
| wait for the spin up (start) on each given \fIDEVICE\fR to complete. |
| The default action is to do each start in immediate mode. |
| .SH NOTES |
| If a large number of disks are spun up at the same time (i.e. without |
| the \fI\-\-wait\fR option) then the power supply may be overloaded. |
| .SH 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. |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| Written by D. Gilbert |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 2009\-2013 Douglas Gilbert |
| .br |
| This software is distributed under a BSD\-2\-Clause license. There is NO |
| warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .B sg_start (sg3_utils) |
