Description:
Periodically read from or write to a block device
Usage:
bdbusy [options] BLOCK_DEVICE
Options:
--blocks N
Read N blocks per round. Default 256 blocks.
--blocksize N
Set the block size to N bytes. Default 4096 bytes.
--delay N
Set the delay between reads to N seconds. Default 5 seconds.
--email mail@example.com
Set the e-mail address where failure notifications should be sent.
-h, --help
Display this help message and exit.
-n N
Sets the niceness to N (default 0).
-v
Show each read round. The same as --verbose 1.
--verbose #
Use more or less verbose output. Valid values are from 0 to 1 inclusive:
0 Default. No output
1 Show each read round
-w, --write
Write instead of read.
Examples:
bdbusy /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z_00000000
bdbusy -v /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z_00000000
Version:
bdbusy 1.3.0.0
Copyright (C) 2012 Nathan Shearer
Licensed under GNU General Public License 2.0