update-smart-drivedb(8)

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NAME

6       update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database
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SYNOPSIS

10       update-smart-drivedb [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE]
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DESCRIPTION

14       [This man page is generated for the Linux version of smartmontools.  It
15       does not contain info specific to other platforms.]
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17       update-smart-drivedb  updates   /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h   or
18       DESTFILE from smartmontools SVN repository.
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20       It tries to download first from the current branch and then from trunk.
21       The tools used for downloading are either curl(1), wget(1), lynx(1), or
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OPTIONS

29       -s SMARTCTL
30              Use the smartctl(8) executable at path SMARTCTL for drive  data‐
31              base  syntax  check.  The form ´-s -´ disables the syntax check.
32              The default is /usr/sbin/smartctl.
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35              Use TOOL for download.  TOOL is one of: curl wget lynx svn.  The
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39              Use URL of LOCATION for download. LOCATION is one of:
40              sf (Sourceforge code browser via HTTPS),
41              svn (SVN repository via HTTPS),
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43              trac (Trac code browser via HTTPS).
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46       --cacert FILE
47              Use CA certificates from FILE to verify the peer.
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53              Don't  abort  download  if certificate verification fails.  This
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EXAMPLES

64       # update-smart-drivedb
65       /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h updated from branches/RELEASE_6_5_DRIVEDB
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EXIT STATUS

69       The  exit status is 0 if the database has been successfully updated. If
70       an error occurs the exit status is 1.
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74       /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
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78              used to check syntax of new drive database.
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90              empty file created if downloaded file was identical.
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AUTHORS

94       Christian Franke.
95       This  manual  page  was  originally  written  by  Hannes  von  Haugwitz
96       <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>.
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REPORTING BUGS

100       To submit a bug report, create a ticket in smartmontools wiki:
101       <http://www.smartmontools.org/>.
102       Alternatively send the info to the smartmontools support mailing list:
103       <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support>.
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PACKAGE VERSION

111       smartmontools-6.5 2016-05-07 r4318
112       $Id: update-smart-drivedb.8.in 4223 2016-02-26 20:18:40Z chrfranke $
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