.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
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.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)