scsieject
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: scsieject1.0
Index NAME
scsieject - control SCSI tape devices
SYNOPSIS
scsieject [-f <scsi-generic-device>] commands
DESCRIPTION
The
scsiejectcommand controls SCSI devices in a platform-independentmanner. As long as 'mtx' works on the platform, so does 'scsieject'.
OPTIONS
The first argument, given following
-f, is the SCSI generic device corresponding to your tape drive.Consult your operating system's documentation for more information (forexample, under Linux these are generally /dev/sg0 through /dev/sg15, under FreeBSD these are /dev/pass0 through /dev/passX. Under Solaristhis is usually the same as your tape drive (Solaris has a SCSI passthroughioctl). You can set the STAPE or TAPE environment variable ratherthan use -f.
COMMANDS
- load
- Load the medium into the drive. When this command is issued to a CD/DVD drive and the tray is extended the tray will be retracted if the drive is capable of it.
- unload
- Unload the medium from the drive (also known as eject). When this command is issued to a CD/DVD drive or a tape drive the media will be ejected if the device supports it.
- start
- Start the device. Some devices require a start command after a media changer has loaded new media into the device.
- stop
- Stop the device. Some devices require a stop command prior to unloading the medium from the device when using a media changer.
- lock
- Lock the device. Locks the device so that the medium cannot be removed manually.
- unlock
- Unlock the device. Unlocks the device so that the medium can be removed manually.
AUTHORS
This program was written by Robert Nelson <robertnelsonAATTusers.sourceforge.net> based on the scsitape program written by Eric Lee Green <ericAATTbadtux.org>. Major portions of the 'mtxl.c' library used herein were written byLeonard Zubkoff.
HINTS
Under Linux,
cat /proc/scsi/scsiwill tell you what SCSI devices you have.You can then refer to them as
/dev/sga,/dev/sgb, etc. by the order theyare reported.Under FreeBSD,
camcontrol devlistwill tell you what SCSI devices youhave, along with which
passdevice controls them.Under Solaris 7 and 8,
/usr/sbin/devfsadm -Cwill clean up your /devices directory. Then
find /devices -name 'st@*' -print will return a list of all tape drives. /dev on Solaris is apparently onlyof historical interest.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
There are no known bugs or limitations.
AVAILABILITY
This version of
scsiejectis currently being maintained by Robert Nelson <robertnelsonAATTusers.sourceforge.net> as part of the 'mtx' suite of programs. The 'mtx' home page is
http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the actual code is currently available there and via SVN from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx.
SEE ALSO
loaderinfo(1),
tapeinfo(1),
mtx(1)
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- COMMANDS
- AUTHORS
- HINTS
- BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
- AVAILABILITY
- SEE ALSO
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