On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 00:58 +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> > > * Package name : disktest There are already several programs with this name, including a command-line program from NetApp, so perhaps you should choose something different. > Version : 0.20120220 > Upstream Author : Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> > * URL : https://github.com/RichiH/disktest > * License : GPL > Programming Lang: POSIX Shell That repository contains a Perl script. > Description : verify disk integrity > > disktest will test your disks using S.M.A.R.T. and badblocks, saving the > results into files named after your disk's vendor, model, and serial > number. > > Basic precautions have been made, i.e. disktest will refuse to operate > on mounted disks. Still, by design, disktest will erase any and all data > on disks you decide to test. You have been warned. I don't see that check in the current version. I would suggest that by default this should print a warning and prompt for confirmation. Of course there could also be an option for scripts to override this. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
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