diff --git a/sm5/smartd.8.in b/sm5/smartd.8.in index 2725736c2139074cca10d0a5de5ba63464ef6b1a..5ae7f27f921406c282cbd9e9c4396fa45870e3b6 100644 --- a/sm5/smartd.8.in +++ b/sm5/smartd.8.in @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .ig Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net> -$Id: smartd.8.in,v 1.53 2004/04/07 20:55:46 chrfranke Exp $ +$Id: smartd.8.in,v 1.54 2004/04/07 21:49:31 ballen4705 Exp $ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -115,17 +115,19 @@ Long options are not supported on all systems. Use \fB\'smartd \-h\'\fP to see the available options. .TP .B \-c FILE, \-\-configfile=FILE -Use FILE instead of \fB/etc/smartd.conf\fP to read the configuration -directives. If the FILE does not exist, \fBsmartd\fP will print an -error message and exit. Therefore, '-c /etc/smartd.conf' can be -used to enforce the existence of the default configuration file. -By specifying '-' as FILE, the configuration is read from standard +Read \fBsmartd\fP configuration Directives from FILE, instead of from +the default location \fB/etc/smartd.conf\fP. If FILE does \fBnot\fP +exist, then \fBsmartd\fP will print an error message and exit with +nonzero status. Thus, \'\-c /etc/smartd.conf\' can be used to verify +the existence of the default configuration file. + +By using \'\-\' for FILE, the configuration is read from standard input. This is useful for commands like: .nf -.B echo /dev/hdb -m user@home -M test | smartd -c - -q onecheck +.B echo /dev/hdb \-m user@home \-M test | smartd \-c \- \-q onecheck .fi -to perform ad hoc checks without a configuration file. +to perform quick and simple checks without a configuration file. .TP .B \-d, \-\-debug @@ -1602,4 +1604,4 @@ smartmontools home page at \fBhttp://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/\fP . .SH CVS ID OF THIS PAGE: -$Id: smartd.8.in,v 1.53 2004/04/07 20:55:46 chrfranke Exp $ +$Id: smartd.8.in,v 1.54 2004/04/07 21:49:31 ballen4705 Exp $