---
name: "smdevinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsmdev-utils"
version: "20190315-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/smdevinfo"
---

# smdevinfo(1)

determines information about a storage media (SM) device

## NAME

**smdevinfo** – determines information about a storage media (SM) device

## SYNOPSIS

**smdevinfo** \[**-hivV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**smdevinfo** is a utility to determine information about a storage media (SM) device

**smdevinfo** is part of the **libsmdev** package. **libsmdev** is a library to access and read storage media (SM) devices

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-i**

  ignore data file(s)

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# sudo smdevinfo /dev/sdg
smdevinfo 20130329
Device information:
	bus type		: USB
	vendor			: TestCo
	model			: TEST-98Z7YX6
	serial			: 123A45678B9C
Storage media information:
	media type		: Fixed
	media size		: 931 GiB (1000204886016 bytes)
	bytes per sector	: 4096
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libsmdev/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010-2019, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

smdevexport(1)