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CDI_OFFLINE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: Dec 11, 01m
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NAME
cdi_offline
- issue an offline SCSI command to a tape device
SYNOPSIS
- cdi_offline
-
-f
device
[
-v
] [
-t
{ s | t | g | n | m | i }
]
DESCRIPTION
The
cdi_offline
program issues an offline SCSI command to a tape device.
The
cdi_offline
program also returns the status of the named SCSI device (specified by the
-f
option). This operation is synonymous to issuing a load with no re-tension, and
rewind to the beginning of tape SCSI command.
OPERANDS
- -f
-
device
-
Specifies the device to send the offline request to.
The
-f
option is a required option.
OPTIONS
- -t
-
Use the
-t
option to specify the method of tape functions to use to
issue the offline SCSI command. If the
-t
option is not specified, the default method is to use the OS tape
driver SCSI passthrough functions.
Please refer to the
libcdi (1m)
manpage for the complete list of access methods currently
supported by the
cdi_offline
program.
- -v
-
Run the program in verbose mode. This option
will print out the version number of the CDI library used by the program.
EXAMPLES
Sample output including drive status information:
-
% cdi_offline -f /dev/rmt/2cbn
CDI_OFFLINE successful.
elapsed time for command was 11 seconds
cdi_info.drivestat is:
status = 0, DRIVE_STATUS_READY
msg = null
SEE ALSO
libcdi(1m)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPERANDS
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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