On Jun 26, 2018, at 07:32, Ubence Quevedo wrote:
> Ubences-MacBook-Pro:ata uquevedo$ smartctl -t long /dev/disk2 > smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [Darwin 17.6.0 x86_64] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org > > === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === > Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in > off-line mode". > Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in > off-line mode" successful. > Testing has begun. > Please wait 206 minutes for test to complete. > Test will complete after Tue Jun 26 08:52:02 2018 > > Use smartctl -X to abort test. > > There’s no way that will complete under my system’s sleep schedule [three > hour timeout for sleep] which isn’t ideal anyways. So tell the system not to sleep while the test is running. caffeinate -i smartctl -t long /dev/disk2 For more info: man caffeinate
