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scsieject(1)							  scsieject(1)

NAME
       scsieject - control SCSI tape devices

SYNOPSIS
       scsieject [-f <scsi-generic-device>] commands

DESCRIPTION
       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 doc‐
       umentation for more information (for example,  under  Linux  these  are
       generally   /dev/sg0   through	/dev/sg15,  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.

AUTHORS
       This  program  was written by Robert Nelson <robertnelson@users.source‐
       forge.net> based on the scsitape program	 written  by  Eric  Lee	 Green
       <eric@badtux.org>.   Major portions of the 'mtxl.c' library used herein
       were written by Leonard Zubkoff.

HINTS
       Under Linux, cat /proc/scsi/scsi will tell you what  SCSI  devices  you
       have.   You  can	 then refer to them as /dev/sga, /dev/sgb, etc. by the
       order they are reported.

       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 his‐
       torical interest.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
       There are no known bugs or limitations.

AVAILABILITY
       This version of scsieject is currently being maintained by Robert  Nel‐
       son  <robertnelson@users.sourceforge.net> as part of the 'mtx' suite of
       programs. The 'mtx' home page  is  http://mtx.sourceforge.net  and  the
       actual	code   is   currently	available   there  and	via  SVN  from
       http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx.

SEE ALSO
       loaderinfo(1),tapeinfo(1),mtx(1)

				 scsieject1.0			  scsieject(1)

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