Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: pySMART
Version: 0.2
Summary: Wrapper for smartctl (smartmontools)
Home-page: none
Author: Marc Herndon
Author-email: Herndon.MarcT@gmail.com
License: GNU GPLv2.htm
Description: ===========
        pySMART
        ===========
        Copyright (C) 2014 Marc Herndon
        
        pySMART is a simple Python wrapper for the ``smartctl`` component of
        ``smartmontools``. It works under Linux and Windows, as long as smartctl is on
        the system path. Running with administrative rights is strongly recommended,
        as smartctl cannot accurately detect all device types or parse all SMART
        information without these permissions.
        
        With only a device's name (ie: /dev/sda, pd0), the package will create a
        ``Device`` object, populated with all relevant information about that
        device. The documented API can then be used to query this object for
        information, initiate self-tests, and perform other functions.
        
        Usage
        =====
        The most common way to use pySMART is to create a logical representation of the
        physical storage device that you would like to work with, as shown::
        
            >>> from pySMART import Device
            >>> sda = Device('/dev/sda')
            >>> sda
            <SATA device on /dev/sda mod:WDC WD5000AAKS-60Z1A0 sn:WD-WCAWFxxxxxxx>
        
        ``Device`` class members can be accessed directly, and a number of helper methods
        are provided to retrieve information in bulk.  Some examples are shown below::
        
            >>> sda.assessment  # Query the SMART self-assessment
            'PASS'
            >>> sda.attributes[9]  # Query a single SMART attribute
            <SMART Attribute 'Power_On_Hours' 068/000 raw:23644>
            >>> sda.all_attributes()  # Print the entire SMART attribute table
            ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          CUR WST THR TYPE     UPDATED WHEN_FAIL    RAW
              1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     200 200 051 Pre-fail Always  -           0
              3 Spin_Up_Time            141 140 021 Pre-fail Always  -           3908
              4 Start_Stop_Count        098 098 000 Old_age  Always  -           2690
              5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   200 200 140 Pre-fail Always  -           0
                ... # Edited for brevity
            199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    200 200 000 Old_age  Always  -           0
            200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   200 200 000 Old_age  Offline -           0
            >>> sda.tests[0]  # Query the most recent self-test result
            <SMART Self-test [Short offline|Completed without error] hrs:23734 LBA:->
            >>> sda.all_selftests()  # Print the entire self-test log
            ID Test_Description Status                        Left Hours  1st_Error@LBA
             1 Short offline    Completed without error       00%  23734  -
             2 Short offline    Completed without error       00%  23734  -
               ... # Edited for brevity
             7 Short offline    Completed without error       00%  23726  -
             8 Short offline    Completed without error       00%  1      -
        
        Alternatively, the package provides a ``DeviceList`` class. When instantiated,
        this will auto-detect all local storage devices and create a list containing
        one ``Device`` object for each detected storage device::
        
            >>> from pySMART import DeviceList
            >>> devlist = DeviceList()
            >>> devlist
            <DeviceList contents:
            <SAT device on /dev/sdb mod:WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0 sn:WD-WCAVYxxxxxxx>
            <SAT device on /dev/sdc mod:WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0 sn:WD-WCAVYxxxxxxx>
            <CSMI device on /dev/csmi0,0 mod:WDC WD5000AAKS-60Z1A0 sn:WD-WCAWFxxxxxxx>
            >
            >>> devlist.devices[0].attributes[5]  # Access Device data as above
            <SMART Attribute 'Reallocated_Sector_Ct' 173/140 raw:214>
        
        Using the pySMART wrapper, Python applications be be rapidly developed to take
        advantage of the powerful features of smartmontools.
        
        Installation
        ============
        ``pySMART`` is available on PyPI and installable via ``pip``::
        
            python -m pip install pySMART
        
        The only external dependency is the ``smartctl`` component of the smartmontools
        package.  This should be pre-installed in most Linux distributions, or it
        can be obtained through your package manager.  Likely one of the following::
        
            apt-get install smartmontools
                or
            yum install smartmontools
        
        On Windows PC's, smartmontools must be downloaded and installed.  The latest
        version can be obtained from the project's homepage, http://www.smartmontools.org/.
        
        Note that after installing smartmontools on Windows, the directory containing
        ``smartctl.exe`` must be added to the system path, if it is not already.
        
        Documentation
        =============
        API documentation for ``pySMART`` was generated using ``pdoc`` and can be
        found in the /docs folder within the package archive.
        
        Acknowledgements
        ================
        I would like to thank the entire team behind smartmontools for creating and
        maintaining such a fantastic product.
        
        In particular I want to thank Christian Franke, who maintains the Windows port
        of the software.  For several years I have written Windows batch files that
        rely on smartctl.exe to automate evaluation and testing of large pools of
        storage devices.  Without his work, my job would have been significantly
        more miserable. :)
        
        Having recently migrated my script development from Batch to Python for Linux
        portabiity, I thought a simple wrapper for smartctl would save time in the
        development of future automated test tools.
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