From 561812e20a61ba7ff6cb7069beecb934c9869ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ballen4705 <ballen4705@4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:07:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Specify device paths OS by OS. git-svn-id: https://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartmontools/trunk@1350 4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137 --- sm5/smartctl.8.in | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/sm5/smartctl.8.in b/sm5/smartctl.8.in index 5c47c14bf..bd58e9244 100644 --- a/sm5/smartctl.8.in +++ b/sm5/smartctl.8.in @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .ig Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net> - $Id: smartctl.8.in,v 1.17 2003/11/30 13:53:14 ballen4705 Exp $ + $Id: smartctl.8.in,v 1.18 2003/12/08 23:07:15 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 @@ -54,13 +54,23 @@ ignored and/or return an error. from SCSI tape drives and changers. The user must specify the device to be controlled or interrogated as -the final argument to \fBsmartctl\fP. ATA devices use the form -\fB"/dev/hd*"\fP and SCSI devices use the form \fB"/dev/sd*"\fP. For +the final argument to \fBsmartctl\fP. Device paths are as follows: +.IP \fBLINUX\fP: 9 +Use the forms \fB"/dev/hd[a-t]"\fP for IDE/ATA +devices, and \fB"/dev/sd[a-z]"\fP for SCSI devices. For SCSI Tape Drives and Changers with TapeAlert support use the devices -\fB"/dev/nst*"\fP and \fB"/dev/sg*"\fP. More general paths may also -be specified. \fBsmartctl\fP will attempt to guess the device type, -but the \'\-d\' option can be used to specify a device type of ATA or -SCSI if required. +\fB"/dev/nst*"\fP and \fB"/dev/sg*"\fP. +.IP \fBFREEBSD\fP: 9 +Use the forms \fB"/dev/ad[0-9]+"\fP for IDE/ATA +devices and \fB"/dev/da[0-9]+"\fP for SCSI devices. +.IP \fBSOLARIS\fP: 9 +Use the forms \fB"/dev/rdsk/c?t?d?s?"\fP for SCSI disk +devices, and \fB"/dev/rmt/*"\fP for SCSI tape devices. +.PP +More general paths (such as devfs ones) may also be specified. +\fBsmartctl\fP will attempt to guess the device type, but the \'\-d\' +option can be used to specify a device type of ATA or SCSI if +required. Note that the printed output of \fBsmartctl\fP displays most numerical values in base 10 (decimal), but some values are displayed in base 16 @@ -995,4 +1005,4 @@ these documents may be found in the References section of the .SH CVS ID OF THIS PAGE: -$Id: smartctl.8.in,v 1.17 2003/11/30 13:53:14 ballen4705 Exp $ +$Id: smartctl.8.in,v 1.18 2003/12/08 23:07:15 ballen4705 Exp $ -- GitLab