This directory contains scripts and an example crontab to allow GSmartControl to read smartctl data from cron-generated files. This allows users to read somewhat recent smartctl information without having to run GSmartControl as root. Put the scripts into /usr/local/bin, run GSmartControl and set smartctl path to "/usr/local/bin/smartctl_subst.sh" (without quotes). An example crontab runs cron_gather_smart.sh script every 10 minutes, storing its output to "/var/run/smart-$devname". The smartctl_subst.sh script prints the contents of this file instead of running smartctl, thus eliminating the need to run GSmartControl as root when reading SMART values. Note: These scripts provide read-only capabilities only, they don't allow changing SMART settings or running self-tests. Contributed by Alex Butcher <alex dot butcher 'at' assursys.co.uk>.