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---
title: "Usage"
permalink: /usage
---
# Usage
## Launching GSmartControl on Desktop
### Linux and Unix
On Linux and Unix systems, please use the desktop menu entry. Alternatively, you can
run `gsmartcontrol-root`, which invokes GSmartControl using your desktop's `su` mechanism.
### Windows
Simply install GSmartControl and run it from the Start menu.
### macOS
After being installed using Homebrew, GSmartControl can be run by
typing `gsmartcontrol` in Terminal. If all you get is `Command not found`, please run
a `brew doctor` command first.
## Command-Line Options
**Note:** The Windows version may not output any text to a command-line window,
so `--help` and similar options will be of no help.
The most important options are:
`-?`, `--help` - Show help options.
`-V`, `--version` - Display version information.
`--no-scan` - Don't scan devices on startup.
`--add-virtual <file>` - Load smartctl data from file, creating a virtual drive. You
can specify this option multiple times.
`--add-device <device>::<type>[::<extra_args>]` - Add a device to device list.
This option is useful with `--no-scan` to list certain drives only. You can specify
this option multiple times.
Example:
`--add-device /dev/sda --add-device /dev/twa0::3ware,2 --add-device
'/dev/sdb::::-T permissive'`.
`-v`, `--verbose` - Enable verbose logging; same as `--verbosity-level 5`.
`-q`, `--quiet` - Disable logging; same as `--verbosity-level 0`.
`-b`, `--verbosity-level` - Set verbosity level \[0-5].
### Advanced Options
`-l`, `--no-locale` - Don't use system locale.
## Smartctl Options
GSmartControl provides the ability to specify custom options to smartctl. The
[smartctl manual page](https://www.smartmontools.org/browser/trunk/smartmontools/smartctl.8.in)
contains detailed information on these options. Additional information is available
at [smartmontools.org](https://smartmontools.org).
## Windows Installer Options
GSmartControl's Windows installer is based on NSIS and supports all its options.
Please see the [NSIS documentation](https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Docs/Chapter3.html#installerusage)
for the list of supported options.
For example, to run installer in silent mode, use `/S` option:
```
gsmartcontrol-<version>-win64.exe /S
```
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