Re: [smartmontools-support] exit status for -H

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

Phil Richcreek wrote:
> ...
> CASE-1:
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
> exit status: 0
>
> CASE-2:
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
> exit status: 32
> Please note the following marginal Attributes:
> 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel     blah-blah-blah   Old_age Always
> In_the_past etc.
>
> Will ALL "marginally healthy" cases, as defined by smartctl -H, return
> exit status 32 and PASSED text? Or, are there other exit status values
> that might be returned in other "marginally healthy" cases?

If -H is the only option specified, there should be no other return 
codes if the SMART STATUS command works and returns PASSED.

In general, the return value of smartctl is a bitmask which may report 
several error conditions at once,
If the SMART STATUS command returns FAILED, bit 3 is set.

See section EXIT STATUS on smartctl man page for further details.

Thanks,
Christian