Checking your harddisk using smartctl or hdparm

This short tip is to check your harddisk to check if it is active or in standby mode using smartctl  command:

 sudo smartctl -i -n standby /dev/sdx

Note:
x = a letter representing the device you are checking

Update: In addition, the following command helps using hdparm which should works if your drive is in 'sleep' state without waking the drive:

sudo hdparm -C /dev/sdx

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History is to be corrected Arduino & Wiring

I support Wiring for its modern approach to teaching schoolchildren the basics of computing.

It is a shame that Arduino has appropriated the ideas of Wiring.

The purpose of writing this post is to lend support to Hernando Barragán the original creator of concepts behind Arduino.

Full Story can be read here :  http://arduinohistory.github.io/#what-is-programma2003-and-how-is-it-related-to-you-or-to-wiring

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