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# dump smartd attrs info every 600 seconds
smartd_opts="-A /var/log/smartd/ -i 600"
```
You may need to create the smartd directory before smartd will write to it:
`mkdir -p /var/log/smartd`
You may need to create the smartd directory before smartd will write to it:
```
mkdir -p /var/log/smartd
```
Otherwise, all the smartd `.csv` files may get written to `/var/lib/smartmontools` (default location). See also [https://linux.die.net/man/8/smartd](https://linux.die.net/man/8/smartd) for more info on the `-A --attributelog=PREFIX` command.
`smartd` appends logs at every run. It's strongly recommended to use `logrotate` for smartd files.