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SPINDOWN(1)		    General Commands Manual		   SPINDOWN(1)

NAME
       spindown	-- SCSI/firewire harddrive spindown daemon

SYNOPSIS
       spindown	[-Db] [-p pidfile] [-d device] [-t seconds] [-i	seconds]

DESCRIPTION
       The  spindown  daemon  automatically  spins down	firewire / SCSI	drives
       that have been idle for a specified amount of time. Each	drive  can  be
       assigned	a maximum idle time independently.

       The following options are available:

       -D      runs spindown in	debug mode, preventing it from daemonizing

       -b      makes spindown run in the background

       -p      pidfile

       -d      a  device  to  be monitored (multiple devices may be specified)
	       The idle	time at	which the drive	will spin  down	 is  the  time
	       specified  by the last -t parameter before this -d option. This
	       way idle	times can be set independently for each	device.

       -t      idle time at which a device will	spin  down  (defaults  to  600
	       seconds)	this option can	be specified more than one. -d options
	       specified will use the last -t option encountered before	the -d
	       option itself.

       -i      check  interval.	 This  is the interval between device activity
	       checks (defaults	to 60 seconds)

EXAMPLES
       Monitor devices da0 and da1 and spin down the devices after  5  and  10
       minutes respectively, with a check interval of five minutes.

	     spindown -b -i 300	-t 300 -d da0 -t 600 -d	da1

SEE ALSO
       camcontrol(8), firewire(4)

AUTHORS
       The  spindown  utility  was  originally	written	by Arjan van der Velde
       <noresult@noresult.net>.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0	       November	28, 2008		   SPINDOWN(1)

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