idle3ctl(8)

1IDLE3CTL(8)                 System Manager's Manual                IDLE3CTL(8)
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NAME

6       idle3ctl - disable, get or set the idle3 timer on Western Digital HDD
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SYNOPSIS

9       idle3ctl [ flags ] [device] ..
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DESCRIPTION

12       idle3ctl can disable, get and set the value of the infamous idle3 timer
13       found on recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives.  Idle3ctl can be used
14       as  an  alternative  to  the  official wdidle3.exe proprietary utility,
15       without the need to reboot in a DOS environement.  Idle3ctl is an inde‐
16       pendant project, unrelated in any way to Western Digital Corp.
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18       THIS  SOFTWARE  IS EXPERIMENTAL, NOT WELL TESTED AND ACCESSES LOW LEVEL
19       INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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OPTIONS

22       When no flags are given, -g is assumed.
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24       -h     Display help
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26       -V     Show version and exit
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28       -v     activate verbose output, mainly useful for debugging.
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30       --force
31              force execution even if no Western Digital HDD are detected
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33       -g     get raw idle3 timer value
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35       -g100  get idle3 timer value as wdidle3 v1.00 would display it
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37       -g103  get idle3 timer value as wdidle3 v1.03 would display it
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39       -d     disable idle3 timer
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41       -s<value>
42              set idle3 timer raw value. Value must be an  integer  between  1
43              and  255.   The  idle3 timer is set in 0.1s for the 1-128 range,
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BUGS

47       Please report any bugs on the sourceforge  tracker  at  https://source‐
48       forge.net/tracker/?group_id=329372&atid=1381968
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EXIT STATUS

51       idle3ctl will return zero on success and non zero on failure.
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AUTHOR

54       idle3ctl   has   been   written  by  Christophe  Bothamy  <cbothamy  at
55       users.sf.net>.
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