HDDtempNC

HDDtempNC is a tool to acquire hard disk drive temperature from hddtemp's network interface.

It is Python script and requires a working Python environment. It depends a configured and working hddtemp daemon on the system whose HDD temperatures are required.

Usage

HDDtempNC can be used either from the command line or by calling it in another script/program

Command syntax

hddtempnc.py --param1=value1 [ --param2=value2 [ --param3 ] ]

Following parameters are available:

• -d <disk> (--disk=<disk>)

  Specify disk to interrogate (full device path, e.g. /dev/sda)

• -t <host> (--target=<host>)

  Specify target host to interrogate (optional, default localhost)

• -p <port> (--port=<port>)

  Specify target port to interrogate (optional, default 7634)

• -g (--debug)

  Enable debugging to console/stdout

• -h (--help)

  Show help

The sequence of parameters is not important.

Examples

Command examples

Long parameters

/usr/bin/python3 hddtempnc.py --disk=/dev/sda`
/usr/bin/python3 hddtempnc.py --target=192.168.0.20 --disk=/dev/sdb
/usr/bin/python hddtempnc.py --port=7630 --disk=/dev/sdc
/usr/bin/python hddtempnc.py --disk=/dev/sda --port=9000 --target=10.65.0.65

Short parameters

/usr/bin/python3 hddtempnc.py -d /dev/sda
/usr/bin/python3 hddtempnc.py -t 192.168.0.20 -d /dev/sdb
/usr/bin/python hddtempnc.py -p 7630 -d /dev/sdc
/usr/bin/python hddtempnc.py -d /dev/sda -p 9000 -t 10.65.0.65

Download

The script is available in the code.

Support

Feature requests, bugs, issues and other comments can be created in Issues.

Links

• hddtemp home http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php
• hddtemp on Savannah https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hddtemp/
• hddtemp guide on Arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hddtemp

License

Licensed under the modified BSD (3-clause) license.

A copy of the license is available...

• in the enclosed LICENSE file.
• at http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause