diff --git a/sm5/smartctl.8 b/sm5/smartctl.8 index 92bf7e6d6c1db644805cce090b6abb31fc3702ab..cf4840ae51f8bb1927ba1480bf0decb63828316c 100644 --- a/sm5/smartctl.8 +++ b/sm5/smartctl.8 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \# Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net> \# -\# $Id: smartctl.8,v 1.42 2003/01/05 20:05:32 pjwilliams Exp $ +\# $Id: smartctl.8,v 1.43 2003/01/06 00:54:16 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 the Free @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of \# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/ \# -.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2003/01/05 20:05:32 $" "smartmontools-5.1" +.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2003/01/06 00:54:16 $" "smartmontools-5.1" .SH NAME smartctl \- S.M.A.R.T. control and monitor utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -379,28 +379,35 @@ took place. [Note: this time stamp wraps after 2^32 milliseconds, or The key ATA disk registers are also recorded in the log. .I selftest -\- prints only the S.M.A.R.T. self-test log. The disk maintains a -log showing the results of the self tests, which can be run using -the '\-t' option described below. The log will show, for each of -the most recent twenty-one self-tests, the type of -test (short or extended, off-line or captive) and the final status of -the test. If the test did not complete successfully, the percentage -of the test remaining is show. The time at which the test took place, -measured in hours of disk lifetime, is shown. If any errors were -detected, the Logical Block Address (LBA) of the first error is printed -in hexadecimal notation. +\- prints only the S.M.A.R.T. self-test log. The disk maintains a log +showing the results of the self tests, which can be run using the +\'\-t' option described below. For each of the most recent twenty-one +self-tests, the log shows the type of test (short or extended, +off-line or captive) and the final status of the test. If the test +did not complete successfully, then the percentage of the test +remaining is shown. The time at which the test took place, measured +in hours of disk lifetime, is also printed. If any errors were +detected, the Logical Block Address (LBA) of the first error is +printed in hexadecimal notation. .I selftest [SCSI] -\- the self-test log for a SCSI device has a slightly different format. -The log will show, for each of the most recent twenty self-tests, the type -of test and the status (final or in progress) of the test. SCSI standards -use the terms foreground and background (rather than ATA's captive and -off-line); and long (rather ATA's extended). The segment number column is -only relevant when a test fails in the third or later test segment. The -Logical Block Address (LBA) of the first error is printed in hexadecimal -notation. If provided, a SCSI sense key (SK), additional sense code (ASC) -and additional sense qualifier (ASQ) is output. The self tests can be -run using the '\-t' option described below (use ATA's test terminology). +\- the self-test log for a SCSI device has a slightly different format +than for an ATA device. For each of the most recent twenty +self-tests, it shows the type of test and the status (final or in +progress) of the test. SCSI standards use the terms 'foreground' and +\'background' (rather than ATA's corresponding 'captive' and +\'off-line') and \'short' and 'long' (rather than ATA's corresponding +\'short' and 'extended') to describe the type of the test. The printed +segment number is only relevant when a test fails in the third or +later test segment. It identifies the test that failed and consists +of either the number of the segment that failed during the test, or +the number of the test that failed and the number of the segment in +which the test was run, using a vendor-specific method of putting both +numbers into a single byte. The Logical Block Address (LBA) of the +first error is printed in hexadecimal notation. If provided, the SCSI +Sense Key (SK), Additional Sense Code (ASC) and Additional Sense Code +Qualifier (ASQ) are also printed. The self tests can be run using the +\'\-t' option described below (using the ATA test terminology). .TP .B \-v N,OPTION, \-\-vendorattribute=N,OPTION @@ -408,7 +415,8 @@ Sets a vendor-specific display OPTION for Attribute N. Valid arguments to this option are: .I help -\- Prints (to STDOUT) a list of all valid arguments to this option. +\- Prints (to STDOUT) a list of all valid arguments to this option, +then exits. .I 9,minutes \- Raw Attribute number 9 is power-on time in minutes. It will be @@ -668,4 +676,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document. .SH CVS ID OF THIS PAGE: -$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.42 2003/01/05 20:05:32 pjwilliams Exp $ +$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.43 2003/01/06 00:54:16 ballen4705 Exp $