joaonc / hd_active

Keep external drives active (prevent them from sleeping) to avoid waiting for them to spin back up.

HD Active

Prevent external HD's from becoming inactive (sleeping).

https://joaonc.github.io/hd_active

Quick start

python -m src.hd_active.hd_active --conf src/hd_active/hd_active.ini

Development

Note: Best to work on a virtual environment. This page doesn't go into how to do that.

Install the development packages:

python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

This project uses pyinvoke to facilitate common tasks. For a list of tasks:

inv --list

Licensing

Even though I'm providing this code under the MIT license, Qt is used for the UI component, meaning you'll be bound to its GPL/LGPL license (more info here).

I'm not an expert on these things, so be advised.