Re: How configure smartctl (not smartd)

Use an alias in your shell config file ???


> On Aug 04,2016, at 02:17 , fortaisur <[email protected]> wrote:
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> fortaisur <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> One platform I am now working with occasionally has a RAID controller
>> which requires adding e.g. " -d sat+megaraid,0" to the smartctl command line
>> in order to get anything useful.
>> 
>> I don't work with the platform that much so keep forgetting that parameter
>> and have to look it up again.
>> 
>> I assumed there would be a smartctl.conf, or an environment variable like SMARTCTL,
>> where I could set that so I don't need to specify it.  I cannot find any
>> documentation on any way to set smartctl arguments like that.  The smartd.conf
>> appears to be for smartd only, not smartctl.
>> 
>> Is there some way to set arguments like this?  I realize I could make a shell
>> alias or function, but most programs have some built-in way to set commonly-needed
>> options.
>> 
>> I noticed that per the system logs, smartd needs no such specification - it
>> appears to automatically figure out the type of drive/controller.  Is there any
>> way to get smartctl to do the same?
>> 
> 
> Hmm, no responses - so smartctl has no way to auto-detect, or set its options?
> 
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