Usage

Launching GSmartControl on Desktop

Linux and Unix

On Linux and Unix systems, please use the desktop menu entry. Alternatively, you can run gsmartcontrol-root, which invokes GSmartControl using your desktop's su mechanism.

Windows

Simply install GSmartControl and run it from the Start menu.

macOS

After being installed using Homebrew, GSmartControl can be run by typing gsmartcontrol in Terminal. If all you get is Command not found, please run a brew doctor command first.

Command-Line Options

Note: The Windows version may not output any text to a command-line window, so --help and similar options will be of no help.

The most important options are:

-?, --help - Show help options.

-V, --version - Display version information.

--no-scan - Don't scan devices on startup.

--add-virtual <file> - Load smartctl data from file, creating a virtual drive. You can specify this option multiple times.

--add-device <device>::<type>[::<extra_args>] - Add a device to device list. This option is useful with --no-scan to list certain drives only. You can specify this option multiple times. Example:
--add-device /dev/sda --add-device /dev/twa0::3ware,2 --add-device '/dev/sdb::::-T permissive'.

-v, --verbose - Enable verbose logging; same as --verbosity-level 5.

-q, --quiet - Disable logging; same as --verbosity-level 0.

-b, --verbosity-level - Set verbosity level [0-5].

Advanced Options

-l, --no-locale - Don't use system locale.

--no-hide-tabs - Don't hide non-identity tabs when SMART is disabled. Useful for debugging.

Smartctl Options

GSmartControl provides the ability to specify custom options to smartctl. The smartctl manual page contains detailed information on these options. Additional information is available at smartmontools.org.