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Updated documentation for new smartctl options.

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CHANGELOG for smartmontools
$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.70 2002/12/16 12:27:00 ballen4705 Exp $
$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.71 2002/12/28 16:16:52 pjwilliams Exp $
Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
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CURRENT RELEASE (see VERSION file in this directory):
]BA] Use strerror() to generate system call error messages.
[PW] Changed options for smartctl -- see man page.
[BA] Use strerror() to generate system call error messages.
[BA] smartd: fflush() all open streams before fork().
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PLEASE READ THE MANUAL PAGES FOR SMARTCTL AND SMARTD FOR MORE INFORMATION.
== PROPOSED OPTION NAMES FOR SMARTCTL ==
The following is a list of proposed options to replace the existing options in
smartctl. If you have any comments or would like to suggest improvements then
please post to the smartmontools mailing list.
== NEW OPTION NAMES FOR SMARTCTL 5.1 ==
The following is a synopsis of the new options in smartctl 5.1 -- please see the
man page for more information.
-h, --help, --usage
Show usage and syntax help
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-X, --abort
Abort any non-captive test
The following table shows the mapping of old options to new options:
The following table shows the mapping of old to new smartctl options and of
old to new smartd.conf directives:
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Old option New short option New long option smartd.conf smartd.conf
Versions <= Versions >= Versions >= DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE
5.0-X 5.0-Y 5.0-Y <= 5.0-X >= 5.0-Y
Versions <= Versions >= 5.1 Versions >= 5.1 DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE
5.0 <= 5.0 >= 5.1
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-h, -? -h, -? --help
-V -V --version, --copyright, --license
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Suggested changes to smartd options:
Changes to smartd options (not yet implemented):
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5.0.x short 5.0.x long 5.1.x short 5.1.x long
5.0 short 5.0 long 5.1 short 5.1 long
option option option option
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-h, -? --help -h, -? --help
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-i N --interval=N
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Suggested change order (CVS commit at least after each of these):
Modify smartctl command-line options
Modify smartctl man page, README file, CHANGELOG
Modify smartmontools index.html page to warn users of change in syntax, point to end of README file
Modify smartd to take -C out of config file, put onto command line
Modify smartd and smartd.conf man pages, README file, CHANGELOG
Modify smartd Directive names, parsing
Modify smartd and smartd.conf man pages, README file, CHANGELOG, example smartd.conf configuration file
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