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List:       smartmontools-support
Subject:    [smartmontools-support]Man page bug
From:       Ed Grimm <fixer () gentoo ! evolution ! tgape ! org>
Date:       2004-10-16 22:26:53
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0410161715090.21079 () ybec ! rq ! iarg
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The smartd doesn't know its signals; INT is generated by Control-C, not
QUIT; QUIT's generated by Control-\ (except, of course, under Cygwin,
where one presses control-C twice, and Windows, where it's
Control-Break.)

I've attached a patch.

Ed
["manpage.patch" (TEXT/PLAIN)]

--- smartd.8.in.bak	2004-10-15 15:02:54.000000000 +0000
+++ smartd.8.in	2004-10-16 22:16:54.014391880 +0000
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@
 the contents of the (faulty) configuration file, as if the \fBHUP\fP
 signal had never been received.
 
-When \fBsmartd\fP is running in debug mode, the \fBQUIT\fP signal
+When \fBsmartd\fP is running in debug mode, the \fBINT\fP signal
 (normally generated from a shell with CONTROL\-C) is treated in the
 same way as a \fBHUP\fP signal: it makes \fBsmartd\fP reload its
-configuration file. To exit \fBsmartd\fP use CONTROL-\e
-(Cygwin: 2x CONTROL\-C, Windows: CONTROL\-Break).
+configuration file. The \fBQUIT\fP signal exits (normally generated from
+a shell with CONTROL-\e, except under Cygwin, one issues two CONTROL\-C
+keystrokes, and in Windows, it's CONTROL\-Break).
 
 On startup, in the absence of the configuration file
 \fB/usr/local/etc/smartd.conf\fP, the \fBsmartd\fP daemon first scans for all
@@ -142,9 +143,9 @@
 \fBfork(2)\fP into the background and detach from the controlling
 terminal.  In this mode, \fBsmartd\fP also prints more verbose
 information about what it is doing than when operating in "daemon"
-mode. In this mode, the \fBQUIT\fP signal (normally generated from a
+mode. In this mode, the \fBINT\fP signal (normally generated from a
 terminal with CONTROL\-C) makes \fBsmartd\fP reload its configuration
-file.  Please use CONTROL-\e to exit
+file.  Please use CONTROL-\e (\fBQUIT\fP) to exit
 (Cygwin: 2x CONTROL\-C, Windows: CONTROL\-Break).
 
 Windows only: The "debug" mode can be toggled by the command
@@ -1669,7 +1670,7 @@
 can have the following values:
 .TP
 .B 0:
-Daemon startup successful, or \fBsmartd\fP was killed by a SIGTERM (or in debug mode, a SIGQUIT).
+Daemon startup successful, or \fBsmartd\fP was killed by a SIGTERM (or in debug mode, a SIGINT).
 .TP
 .B 1:
 Commandline did not parse.

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