update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database
update-smart-drivedb [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE]
[This man page is generated for the FreeBSD version of smartmontools. It does
not contain info specific to other platforms.]
update-smart-drivedb updates
/usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h or DESTFILE from
branches/RELEASE_7_3_DRIVEDB of smartmontools SVN repository.
The tools used for downloading are either curl(1),
wget(1), lynx(1), fetch(1) [FreeBSD only], or
svn(1).
The downloaded file is verified with OpenPGP/GPG key ID 721042C5.
The public key block is included in the script.
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.
[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] The old file is
also kept if the downloaded file reports an older version on the same
branch. This could be overridden with the '--force' option. If the branch
version differs, the file is always updated.
- -s SMARTCTL, --smartctl SMARTCTL
- Use the smartctl(8) executable at path SMARTCTL for drive database
syntax check. The form '-s -' disables the syntax check. The default is
/usr/local/sbin/smartctl.
- -t [DIR/]TOOL, --tool [DIR/]TOOL
- Use TOOL for download. TOOL is one of: curl wget lynx fetch
svn. The default is the first one found in PATH.
[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] A DIR could also be
specified. The plain TOOL name must then begin with any of the above
names.
- -u LOCATION, --url-of LOCATION
- Use URL of LOCATION for download. LOCATION is one of:
github (GitHub mirror of SVN repository),
sf (Sourceforge code browser),
svn (SVN repository),
svni (SVN repository via HTTP instead of HTTPS),
trac (Trac code browser).
The default is svn.
- --url URL
- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] Download from URL. A valid
OpenPGP/GPG signature with '.raw.asc' extension must also exist unless
'--no-verify' is also specified.
- --file FILE
- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] Copy from local FILE. A
valid OpenPGP/GPG signature 'FILE.raw.asc' must also exist unless
'--no-verify' is also specified.
- --trunk
- Download from SVN trunk. This requires '--no-verify' because the trunk
versions are not signed.
- --branch X.Y
- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] Download from
branches/RELEASE_X_Y_DRIVEDB. This also selects the
OpenPGP/GPG key for older branches (5.40 to 6.6: Key ID DFD22559).
- --cacert FILE
- Use CA certificates from FILE to verify the peer.
- --capath DIR
- Use CA certificate files from DIR to verify the peer.
- --insecure
- Don't abort download if certificate verification fails. This option is
also required if a HTTP URL is selected with '-u' option.
- --no-verify
- Don't verify signature with GnuPG.
- --force
- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] Allow downgrades. By
default, the database is not replaced with an older version of the same
branch.
- --export-key
- Print the OpenPGP/GPG public key block.
- --dryrun
- Print download commands only.
- -q, --quiet
- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB FEATURE] Suppress info
messages.
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose output.
- -h, --help
- Print help text.
Regular update:
# update-smart-drivedb
/usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h 7.2/5225 updated to 7.2/5237
Revert to previous version:
# update-smart-drivedb --force \
--file /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.old
/usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h 7.2/5237 downgraded to 7.2/5225
Download the database from SVN trunk to current directory:
$ update-smart-drivedb --trunk --no-verify -s - -u trac drivedb-trunk.h
drivedb-trunk.h 7.3/5254 newly installed (NOT VERIFIED)
The exit status is 0 if the database has been successfully updated or is already
up to date. If an error occurs the exit status is 1.
- /usr/local/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
- full path of this script.
- /usr/local/sbin/smartctl
- used to check syntax of new drive database.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h
- current drive database.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.raw
- current drive database with unexpanded SVN Id string.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.raw.asc
- signature file.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.*old*
- previous files.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.*error*
- new files if rejected due to errors.
- /usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.lastcheck
- empty file created if downloaded file was identical.
Christian Franke.
This manual page was originally written by Hannes von Haugwitz
<hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>.
To submit a bug report, create a ticket in smartmontools wiki:
<https://www.smartmontools.org/>.
Alternatively send the info to the smartmontools support mailing list:
<https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support>.
smartmontools-7.3 2022-02-28 r5338
$Id: update-smart-drivedb.8.in 5318 2022-02-18 17:23:14Z chrfranke $