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diff --git a/doc/sg_rmsn.8 b/doc/sg_rmsn.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7fc279ed --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sg_rmsn.8 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.TH SG_RMSN "8" "November 2012" "sg3_utils\-1.31" SG3_UTILS +.SH NAME +sg_rmsn \- send SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B sg_rmsn +[\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-raw\fR] [\fI\-\-readonly\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] +[\fI\-\-version\fR] +\fIDEVICE\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Send a SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command to \fIDEVICE\fR and outputs +the response. +.PP +This command is described in SPC\-3 found at www.t10.org . It was originally +added to SPC\-3 in revision 11 (2003/2/12). It is not an mandatory command +and the author has not seen any SCSI devices that support it. +.SH OPTIONS +Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +output the usage message then exit. +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR +sends the serial number (if found) to stdout. This output may contain +non\-printable characters (e.g. the serial number is padded with NULLs +at the end so its length is a multiple of 4). The default action is +to print the serial number out in ASCII\-HEX with ASCII characters to +the right. All error messages are sent to stderr. +.TP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-readonly\fR +opens the DEVICE read\-only rather than read\-write which is the +default. The Linux sg driver needs read\-write access for the SCSI +READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command but other access methods may require +read\-only access. +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR +increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output). +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +print the version string and then exit. +.SH NOTES +Device identification information is also found in a standard INQUIRY +response and its VPD pages (see sg_vpd). The relevant VPD pages are +the "device identification page" (VPD page 0x83) and the "unit serial +number" page (VPD page 0x80). +.PP +The MMC\-4 command set for CD/DVD/HD-DVD/BD drives has a "media serial number" +feature (0x109) [and a "logical unit serial number" feature]. These +can be viewed with sg_get_config. +.SH EXIT STATUS +The exit status of sg_rmsn is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see +the sg3_utils(8) man page. +.SH AUTHORS +Written by Douglas Gilbert. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2005\-2012 Douglas Gilbert +.br +This software is distributed under a BSD\-2\-Clause license. There is NO +warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.B sg_vpd(sg3_utils), sg_get_config(sg3_utils) |