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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/atactl/atactl.8 | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 b/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 index 452e941573b..e81b84071cb 100644 --- a/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 +++ b/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: atactl.8,v 1.29 2006/10/02 19:30:19 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: atactl.8,v 1.30 2006/10/02 19:38:51 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: atactl.8,v 1.5 1999/02/24 18:49:14 jwise Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -425,32 +425,32 @@ Extracts the records about issued ATA commands from the log buffer. The log buffer is cleared after extraction. .El .Sh EXAMPLES -.Li # atactl /dev/wd0c identify +Display the vendor, product, revision strings, and capabilities (such as +SMART support) as reported by +.Pa /dev/wd0 : .Pp -Displays the vendor, product, revision strings and capabilities (such as -support for SMART) as reported by -.Pa /dev/wd0 . +.Dl # atactl /dev/wd0c identify .Pp -.Li # atactl /dev/wd0c smartenable -.Pp -Enables the SMART support on +Enable SMART support on .Pa /dev/wd0 -for detection of early warning signs of device failure. +for detection of early warning signs of device failure: .Pp -.Li 0 * * * * /sbin/atactl /dev/wd0c smartstatus >/dev/null +.Dl # atactl /dev/wd0c smartenable .Pp -In a +A .Xr crontab 5 -entry queries +entry which queries .Pa /dev/wd0 each hour for early warning signs of failure. -If the device exceeded one of the SMART thresholds, +If the device exceeds one of the SMART thresholds, .Nm will output .Sq SMART threshold exceeded! to stderr and .Xr cron 8 will mail it. +.Pp +.Dl 0 * * * * /sbin/atactl /dev/wd0c smartstatus \*(Gt/dev/null .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Not all devices are created equally. Some may not support the feature sets |