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SCSI_READCAP(8) 		    SG3_UTILS			 SCSI_READCAP(8)

NAME
     scsi_readcap - do SCSI READ CAPACITY command on disks

SYNOPSIS
     scsi_readcap [--brief] [--help] [--long] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*

DESCRIPTION
     This  bash  shell script calls the sg_readcap utility on each given DEVICE.
     This will send a SCSI READ CAPACITY command to each DEVICE.

     The default action of this script is to send the 10 byte  cdb  READ  CAPAC-
     ITY(10)  command  to  each  DEVICE.  If  a response indicates the number of
     blocks is greater than or equal to '2**32 - 1' then the  READ  CAPACITY(16)
     is sent and its response is output.

OPTIONS
     Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.

     -b, --brief
	    shortens  the  output  to  two hexadecimal numbers, both prefixed by
	    '0x'.  The first number is the number of blocks  available	and  the
	    second  is	the  size  of  each  blocks  in  bytes (e.g. '0x12a19eb0
	    0x200'). If an error is detected '0x0 0x0' is output and the  script
	    continues if there are more DEVICEs.

     -h, --help
	    print out the usage message then exit.

     -l, --long
	    the  default  is  to send the READ CAPACITY(10) command (i.e. the 10
	    byte cdb variant). When this option is given the  READ  CAPACITY(16)
	    command  is  sent. The latter command yields more information in its
	    response.

     -v, --verbose
	    increase level or verbosity.

EXIT STATUS
     The exit status of this script is 0 when it is  successful.  Otherwise  the
     exit  status  is  that  of  the  last  sg_readcap	utility  called. See the
     sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHORS
     Written by D. Gilbert

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Douglas Gilbert
     This software is distributed under a BSD-2-Clause license. There is NO war-
     ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     sg_readcap (sg3_utils)

sg3_utils-1.36			    May 2013			 SCSI_READCAP(8)

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