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6 update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database
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9 update-smart-drivedb [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE]
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12 [This man page is generated for the Linux version of smartmontools. It
13 does not contain info specific to other platforms.]
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15 update-smart-drivedb updates /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h or
16 DESTFILE from branches/RELEASE_7_0_DRIVEDB of smartmontools SVN reposi‐
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19 The tools used for downloading are either curl(1), wget(1), lynx(1), or
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22 [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] The downloaded file is
23 verified with OpenPGP/GPG key ID 721042C5. The public key block is
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26 The old file is kept if the downloaded file is identical (ignoring the
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31 Use the smartctl(8) executable at path SMARTCTL for drive data‐
32 base syntax check. The form '-s -' disables the syntax check.
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36 Use TOOL for download. TOOL is one of: curl wget lynx svn. The
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39 -u LOCATION
40 Use URL of LOCATION for download. LOCATION is one of:
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48 --trunk
49 Download from SVN trunk. This requires '--no-verify' unless the
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60 Don't abort download if certificate verification fails. This
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68 Print the OpenPGP/GPG public key block.
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73 -v Verbose output.
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77 /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h updated from \
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81 The exit status is 0 if the database has been successfully updated. If
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85 /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
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110 Christian Franke.
111 This manual page was originally written by Hannes von Haugwitz
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115 To submit a bug report, create a ticket in smartmontools wiki:
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117 Alternatively send the info to the smartmontools support mailing list:
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