Re: [Smartmontools-support]Patch to add output of "smartctl -a" to smartd's mail message if -M enabled

[Phil W. <ph...@su...>]

Hi Bruce,

> > I'm all for adding a '-s' Directive to allow the user to specify an
> > arbitrary script for smartd to run and I'm all for removing the
> > (incomplete) '-M exec' Directive and requiring the user to write their
> > own script if they want to be mailed the output of 'smartctl -a' or
> > whatever.
> 
> In fact we can accomplish all of this with really tiny changes to the
> code, and without adding a "-s" option at all.  We make the following
> modifications. [Note: the environment variables names below are
> off-the-cuff, and there may be a better choices of names]:

I still think we should add a '-s' directive.  It would require very little
more work than what you have suggested and it would make the interface
and documentation cleaner.

Phil