NAME

       update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database

SYNOPSIS

       update-smart-drivedb [-v] [DESTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       update-smart-drivedb   updates   /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h   or   DESTFILE   from
       smartmontools SVN repository.

       It tries to download first from the current branch and then from trunk. The tools used for
       downloading are either curl(1), wget(1) or lynx(1).

       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.

OPTIONS

       -v     verbose output

EXAMPLES

       # update-smart-drivedb
       /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h updated from branches/RELEASE_5_43_DRIVEDB

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status is 0 if the database has been successfully updated. If an error occurs the
       exit status is 1.

SEE ALSO

       smartctl(8), smartd(8).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>.