DESCRIPTION
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hddtemp will show you the hard drive temperature if the hard drive can.
Since upstream doesn't handle patches, we will process pull requests here.
INCORPORATED PATCHES
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* implement drives auto-detection
* use minimal database for drives not covered by defaults
* first try S.M.A.R.T. attribute 194, otherwise try attribute 190
* add support for NVME bus
* added ata-model patch (model is limited to 40 chars, so don't display junk after it)
* allow binding to a listen address that doesn't exist yet
* add -F --foreground option: don't daemonize, stay in foreground
COPYRIGHT
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This software is distributed under the GPL license.
Please see COPYING file.
INSTALLATION
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Run ./configure (see --help for options), then just type 'make'.
Latests hddtemp.db is located in the data dir.
By default, the hddtemp.db will we searched in /usr/share/misc directory but
you can change this at compilation time with the --with-db-path option:
$ ./configure --with-db-path=/etc/hddtemp.db
INFORMATION
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hddtemp accesses to the SATA disks via ATA pass-through commands (defined in
T10/04-262r7). Only kernel >= 2.6.16 have this support.
In daemon mode, hddtemp doesn't allow too much query at a time. If the interval
between two query is inferior to 1 minute, hddtemp will give the previous value
(hddtemp query the disk for each connection, if the period is superior to 1
minute).
After starting hddtemp in daemon mode, you can test it with a simple telnet
or netcat:
$ telnet localhost 7634
or
$ netcat localhost 7634
(note: sometimes the netcat command is called nc).
If you know that your drive has a temperature sensor and is reported to be
unsupported tell me which model and which manufacturer it is, and/or just
add a new entry in hddtemp.db. Each line of hddtemp.db is either a commentary,
a blank line or a line containing:
- a regular expression that allow hddtemp to recognize a drive or a set of drives
from its model name or from a generic model name,
- a value (ATTRIBUTE_ID from S.M.A.R.T.),
- a description.
The separator option allows to specify a separator in the case the drive's name
contains the default separator. Be carefull not to use '?' or '*' which could
exists in the reply of hddtemp.
CONTACT
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New contact:
Vitaly Lipatov <lav@etersoft.ru>
Original author of the project:
Emmanuel Varagnat: hddtemp@guzu.net
http://www.guzu.net