Specifying a device for only a single drive for periodic report

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On Mon, 14 May 2018 10:36:37 -0700
Kevin Oberman wrote:

> I have a small server that has teo disk drives. One is the internal
> PATA (AHCI) drive. The other is a USB drive. I would like to enable
> S.M.A.R.T. checking on both, but the USB device (-d) needs to be
> included in the command (i.e. "-d sat").

Are your sure that you really need that?  I've never needed it to make
smartctl work with the drive in my USB dock.