Re: long tests automatically get interrupted

Christian Franke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Andrew Engelbrecht wrote:
> On 06/14/2014 12:24 PM, Christian Franke wrote:
>> ...
>> while true; do
>>    dd if=/dev/sdX iflag=direct count=1 of=/dev/null
>>    sleep 60
>> done
> i ran some tests for you. the results table is printed below. test #3
> was done without -C and without your script. it was interrupted by the host.
>
> i ran tests #1 and #2 without -C and with your script. they both
> completed without error.
>
> so it looks like your script idea worked, unless i got lucky. :-)
>
> i tried to edit the FAQ, but it's restricted. perhaps other people will
> find your script useful.

I added a FAQ entry with a reference to this thread.

Thanks,
Christian


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