RE: dummy scsi read or scsi command periodically for external USB Hard Disk

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From: Lars Melin
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> sgread is not included in BusyBox but you should have "touch".
> Create a dummy file on the disk and let cron touch it every 4 minutes.

You don't need 'touch' a shell redirect eg ": >file" will do open(..., O_CREAT|O_TRUNC).
However that still might not force an actual disc access.

In any case you really only want to do a read, doing a write will kill the NAND memory.

	David

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