scsieject1

Usage

Overview

The scsieject command controls SCSI devices in a platform-independent manner. 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 (for example, under Linux these are generally /dev/sg0 through /dev/sgXX, under FreeBSD these are /dev/pass0 through /dev/passX. Under Solaris this is usually the same as your tape drive (Solaris has a SCSI passthrough ioctl). You can set the STAPE or TAPE environment variable rather than 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.

Hints

Under Linux, lsscsi --generic will tell you what SCSI devices you have and their device names.

Under FreeBSD, camcontrol devlist will tell you what SCSI devices you have, along with which pass device controls them.

Under Solaris 7 and 8, /usr/sbin/devfsadm -C will clean up your /devices directory. Then find /devices -name 'st@*' -print will return a list of all tape drives. /dev on Solaris is apparently only of historical interest.

Bugs and limitations

There are no known bugs or limitations.