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@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ For this you need to set `smartd_opts` (or `SMARTD_ARGS`, check _smartd.service_
# 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
+```
+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.