diff --git a/sm5/smartctl.8 b/sm5/smartctl.8 index d47caa6bf0c69e151fff6a114455aa3da24776df..a61782234e35fce723196bc7c6cc994976aa74e8 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 1.8 2002/10/14 15:26:25 ballen4705 Exp $ +\# $Id: smartctl.8,v 1.9 2002/10/15 12:30:50 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 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \# at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the Storage Systems \# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of \# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/ -.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2002/10/14 15:26:25 $" "smartmontools-5.0" +.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2002/10/15 12:30:50 $" "smartmontools-5.0" .SH NAME smartctl \- S.M.A.R.T. control utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ takes two arguments, options and device. Examples are given below. The first argument, options, begins with a '\-' followed by letters. Multiple options must begin with a single '\-'. -The second argument is the device to be controlled. ATA device use the +The second argument is the device to be controlled. ATA devices use the form "/dev/hd*" and SCSI devices use the form "/dev/sd*". SCSI devices only accept the options a,i,c,e,d, and p. For SCSI Tape @@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ every four hours for disk defects. This command can be given during normal system operation. S.M.A.R.T. provides three basic classes of testing. The so-called -'online' testing has no effect on the performance of the device. It + 'online' +testing has no effect on the performance of the device. It is turned on by the '\-e' option. The offline testing, enabled by this '\-t' option, can, in principle, degrade the device performance. Normally, the disk will suspend any offline testing while disk accesses are @@ -319,4 +320,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document. .SH CVS ID OF THIS PAGE: -$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.8 2002/10/14 15:26:25 ballen4705 Exp $ +$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.9 2002/10/15 12:30:50 ballen4705 Exp $