.TH SCSI_READY "8" "May 2013" "sg3_utils\-1.36" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME scsi_ready \- do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices .SH SYNOPSIS .B scsi_ready [\fI\-\-brief\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR [\fIDEVICE\fR]* .SH DESCRIPTION .\" Add any additional description here .PP This bash shell script calls the sg_turs utility on each given \fIDEVICE\fR. This will send a SCSI TEST UNIT READY command to each \fIDEVICE\fR. Disks, tape drives and DVD/BD players amongst others may respond to this SCSI command. .SH OPTIONS Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. .TP \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-brief\fR for each \fIDEVICE\fR given output a line containing either ' ready' or ' device not ready'. If \fIDEVICE\fR is not found or there is another serious error then an error message will appear instead. .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. .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_turs 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 FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .SH "SEE ALSO" .B sg_turs (sg3_utils)