system-helpers/usr/share/man/man1/smart_tests_long.1

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.TH "smart_tests_long" "1" "January 2023" "smart_tests_long" ""
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.SH NAME
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smart_tests_long - Schedules smartd long tests.
Configuration is done in environment files.
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It\[cq]s part of \f[B]system-helpers\f[R].
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\f[B]smart_tests_long\f[R]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\f[B]smart_tests_long\f[R] checks for available updates using
\f[I]smartctl\f[R] and notifies.
It comes with systemd services.
.PP
By default, \f[B]smart_tests_long\f[R] tries to read from
\f[I]$HOME/.smartctl_tests_long.conf\f[R] and
\f[I]/etc/smartctl_tests_long.conf\f[R] for configuration.
It will exit with a non-zero exit code if it cannot find a proper
configuration file.
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The following can be customized:
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- \f[B]SMARTCTL_TESTS_LONG_DEVICES=(sda)\f[R] array of block devices
(not partitions!)
to check.
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You can copy this script to \f[I]/usr/local/bin\f[R] and use create a
custom \f[B]CONFIG_FILE\f[R] as user.
.SH EXAMPLE
.PP
Create a \f[I]$HOME/.smartctl_tests_long.conf\f[R] and add
\f[I]SMARTCTL_TESTS_LONG_DEVICES=\[lq](nvme1 sdc sdf)\[rq]\f[R].
Notifications will be delivered via \f[B]notifier\f[R] for default block
device \f[B]sda\f[R].
Examples can be found in
\f[I]/usr/share/doc/system-helpers/smart_tests_long\f[R].
.SH EXIT VALUES
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\f[B]0\f[R]
Success
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\f[B]1\f[R]
Error
.SH SEE ALSO
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\f[B]notifier\f[R] - used as notification application
.SH AUTHORS
Alexander Schäferdiek.