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author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2002-08-17 17:39:39 -0400 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2002-08-17 17:39:39 -0400 |
commit | a14113545168390de8974ee2683124b710977fb6 (patch) | |
tree | 5a8e66e327adaf3d943ef9c6d4d2460f495308e6 /misc/fsck.8.in | |
parent | 023d111e92195624463e870146d0f386ba5c2d87 (diff) | |
download | e2fsprogs-a14113545168390de8974ee2683124b710977fb6.tar.gz |
fsck.c (main): If no filesystems are specified on the command
line, default to -As. (Addresses Debian Bug #153102)
badblocks.8.in: Clarify why it's bad to do a non-destructive
test on a r/o mounted filesystem. (Addresses Debian Bug
#131350)
Diffstat (limited to 'misc/fsck.8.in')
-rw-r--r-- | misc/fsck.8.in | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/misc/fsck.8.in b/misc/fsck.8.in index 10a19dce..59635621 100644 --- a/misc/fsck.8.in +++ b/misc/fsck.8.in @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fsck \- check and repair a Linux file system .B \-t .I fstype ] -.I filesys [ ... ] +.I [filesys ... ] [\-\-] [ .B fs-specific-options ] @@ -28,11 +28,21 @@ a mount point (e.g. .IR / ", " /usr ", " /home ), or an ext2 label or UUID specifier (e.g. UUID=8868abf6-88c5-4a83-98b8-bfc24057f7bd or LABEL=root). -The +Normally, the .B fsck program will try to run filesystems on different physical disk drives in parallel to reduce total amount time to check all of the filesystems. .PP +If no filesystems are specified on the command line, and the +.B \-A +option is not specified, +.B fsck +will default to checking filesystems in +.B /etc/fstab +serial. This is equivalent to the +.B \-As +options. +.PP The exit code returned by .B fsck is the sum of the following conditions: @@ -53,9 +63,8 @@ is the sum of the following conditions: .br \ 128\ \-\ Shared library error .br -The exit code returned when all file systems are checked using the -.B \-A -option is the bit-wise OR of the exit codes for each +The exit code returned when multiple file systems are checked +is the bit-wise OR of the exit codes for each file system that is checked. .PP In actuality, |