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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2006-05-14 18:09:12 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2006-05-14 18:09:12 -0400
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parentbae5564032f059cdae518dbf884493fe9627e007 (diff)
downloade2fsprogs-e0f72cfdad605231739174fc82f17693d19baf3b.tar.gz
Minor edits to tune2fs(8) man page
Clarify how the -c and -C options work Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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-rw-r--r--misc/tune2fs.8.in12
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2006-05-14 Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
+ * tune2fs.8.in: Clarify how the -c and -C options work.
+
* tune2fs.c (parse_tune2fs_options): Don't give a confusing error
message if the user specifies an check time interval
greater than a year; it's probably a bad idea, but it's
diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
index ef530095..444c338d 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-c " max-mount-counts"
-Adjust the maximal mounts count between two filesystem checks. If
+Adjust the number of mounts after which the filesystem will be checked by
+.BR e2fsck (8).
+If
.I max-mount-counts
is 0 or \-1, the number of times the filesystem is mounted will be disregarded
by
@@ -116,8 +118,12 @@ option for time-dependent checking.
.TP
.BI \-C " mount-count"
Set the number of times the filesystem has been mounted.
-Can be used in conjunction with \-c to force an fsck on
-the filesystem at the next reboot.
+If set to a greater value than the max-mount-counts parameter
+set by the
+.B \-c
+option,
+.BR e2fsck (8)
+will check the filesystem at the next reboot.
.TP
.BI \-e " error-behavior"
Change the behavior of the kernel code when errors are detected.