UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB(8)

NAME
update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database

SYNOPSIS
update-smart-drivedb [-v] [DESTFILE]

DESCRIPTION
update-smart-drivedb updates /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h or DESTFILE from smartmontools SVN repository. It tries to download first from the current branch and then from trunk. The tools used for downloading are either curl(1), wget(1) or lynx(1). The old file is kept if the downloaded file is identical (ignoring the differences in Id string) otherwise it is moved to drivedb.h.old.

OPTIONS

-v  verbose output

EXAMPLES
# update-smart-drivedb
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h updated from branches/RELEASE_5_43_DRIVEDB

EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 if the database has been successfully updated. If an error occurs the exit status is 1.

SEE ALSO
smartctl(8), smartd(8).

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>.