NAME

       update-smart-drivedb - update smartmontools drive database

SYNOPSIS

       update-smart-drivedb [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       [This  man  page is generated for the Linux version of smartmontools.  It does not contain
       info specific to other platforms.]

       update-smart-drivedb updates  /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h  or  DESTFILE  from
       branches/RELEASE_7_2_DRIVEDB of smartmontools SVN repository.

       The tools used for downloading are either curl(1), wget(1), lynx(1), 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.

OPTIONS

       -s 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/sbin/smartctl.

       -t TOOL
              Use TOOL for download.  TOOL is one of: curl wget lynx svn.   The  default  is  the
              first one found in PATH.

       -u 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.

       --trunk
              Download  from  SVN trunk.  This requires '--no-verify' unless the trunk version is
              still identical to branches/RELEASE_7_2_DRIVEDB.

       --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.

       --export-key
              Print the OpenPGP/GPG public key block.

       --dryrun
              Print download commands only.

       -v     Verbose output.

EXAMPLES

       # update-smart-drivedb
       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h updated from \
       branches/RELEASE_7_2_DRIVEDB

EXIT STATUS

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

FILES

       /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
              full path of this script.

       /usr/sbin/smartctl
              used to check syntax of new drive database.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h
              current drive database.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.raw
              current drive database with unexpanded SVN Id string.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.raw.asc
              signature file.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.*old*
              previous files.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.*error*
              new files if rejected due to errors.

       /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.lastcheck
              empty file created if downloaded file was identical.

AUTHORS

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

REPORTING BUGS

       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>.

SEE ALSO

       smartctl(8), smartd(8).

PACKAGE VERSION

       smartmontools-7.2 2020-12-30 r5155
       $Id: update-smart-drivedb.8.in 5112 2020-11-07 11:41:13Z chrfranke $