DESCRIPTION =========== hddtemp will show you the hard drive temperature if the hard drive can (modern drives support this feature). I need feedback to make the supported drives database bigger. COPYRIGHT ========= This software is distributed under the GPL license. Please see COPYING file. INSTALLATION ============ Run ./configure (see --help for options), then just type 'make' and don't forget to get the last hddtemp.db file on the site : $ wget http://coredump.free.fr/linux/hddtemp.db 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 =========== In deamon 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 every at each connection, if the period is superior to 1 minute). After starting hddtemp in deamon 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 ======= Emmanuel Varagnat: coredump@free.fr emmanuel.varagnat@free.fr http://coredump.free.fr