NAME
fsck
—
file system consistency check and
interactive repair
SYNOPSIS
fsck |
[-dfnpvy ]
[-b block#]
[-l maxparallel]
[-T fstype:fsoptions]
[-t fstype]
[special | node ...] |
DESCRIPTION
The fsck
command invokes
file-system-specific programs to check the special devices listed in the
fstab(5) file or on the command line for consistency.
It is normally used in the script
rc(8)
during automatic reboot. If no file systems are specified,
fsck
reads the file
fstab(5) to determine which file systems to check and in what order.
Only partitions in fstab that are mounted “rw” or
“ro” and that have non-zero pass numbers are checked. File
systems with pass number 1 (normally just the root file system) are checked
one at a time. When pass 1 completes, all remaining file systems are
checked, with one process spawned per disk drive. The disk drive containing
each file system is inferred from the longest prefix of the device name that
ends in a digit; the remaining characters are assumed to be the partition
designator. By default, file systems which are already mounted read/write
are not checked.
The options are as follows:
-b
block#- Causes
fsck
to use the specified block as the location of the superblock. Block 32 is usually an alternate super block. This option is only valid for filesystems that support backup superblocks (ffs and ext2fs). -d
- Debugging mode. Just print the commands without executing them. Available
only if
fsck
is compiled to support it. -f
- Force checking of file systems, even when they are marked clean (for file systems that support this).
-l
maxparallel- Limit the number of parallel checks to maxparallel. By default, the limit is the number of disks, running one process per disk. If a smaller limit is given, the disks are checked round-robin, one file system at a time.
-n
- Assume a “no” response to all questions asked by
fsck
except for “CONTINUE?”, which is assumed to be affirmative. File systems will not be opened for writing. This is the default for file systems to be checked that are concurrently mounted writable. -p
- Enter preen mode:
fsck
will check all file systems listed in fstab(5) according to their pass number, or any special devices listed on the command line, and will make minor repairs without human intervention. Any major problems will causefsck
to exit with a non-zero exit code, so as to alert any invoking program or script that human intervention is required. -T
fstype:fsoptions- List of comma separated file system specific options for the specified file system type, in the same format as mount(8).
-t
fstype- Invoke
fsck
only for the comma separated list of file system types. If the list starts with “no”, invokefsck
only in the file system types that are not specified in the list. -v
- Print the commands before executing them.
-y
- Cause
fsck
to assume “yes” as the answer to all operator questions.
If neither of the -y
or
-n
options are specified, the user may force
fsck
to assume an answer of “yes” to
all the remaining questions by replying to a question with a value of
“F”.
FILES
- /etc/fstab
- file system table
SEE ALSO
fs(5), fstab(5), fsck_ext2fs(8), fsck_ffs(8), fsck_msdos(8), fsdb(8), growfs(8), mount(8), newfs(8), rc(8), scan_ffs(8)