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>.

smartmontools                                     May 15, 2013                           UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB(8)