From 6dbe3af945a63f025561abb83275cee9ff06c57b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:25:32 +0100 Subject: Imported from util-linux-2.2 tarball. --- disk-utils/mkfs.8 | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 133 insertions(+) create mode 100644 disk-utils/mkfs.8 (limited to 'disk-utils/mkfs.8') diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..48b223425 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.TH FSCK 8 "Jul 1993" "Version 1.8" +.SH NAME +fsck \- check and repair a Linux file system +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B fsck +[ +.B \-A +] +[ +.B \-V +] +[ +.B \-t +.I fstype +] +[ +.B fs-options +] +.I filesys +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B fsck +is used to check and optionally repair a Linux file system. +.I filesys +is either the device name (e.g. /dev/hda1, /dev/sdb2) or +the mount point (e.g. /, /usr, /home) for the file system. +.PP +The exit code returned by +.B fsck +is the sum of the following conditions: +.br +\ 0\ \-\ No errors +.br +\ 1\ \-\ File system errors corrected +.br +\ 2\ \-\ File system errors corrected, system should +.br +\ \ \ \ be rebooted if file system was mounted +.br +\ 4\ \-\ File system errors left uncorrected +.br +\ 8\ \-\ Operational error +.br +\ 16\ \-\ Usage or syntax error +.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 +file system that is checked. +.PP +In actuality, +.B fsck +is simply a front-end for the various file system checkers +(\fBfsck\fR.\fIfstype\fR) +available under Linux. +The file system-specific checker is searched for in /etc/fs first, +then in /etc and finally in the directories listed in the PATH +environment variable. +Please see the file system-specific checker manual pages for +further details. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B -A +Walk through the +.I /etc/fstab +file and try to check all file systems in one run. This option is +typically used from the +.I /etc/rc +system initalization file, instead of multiple commands for checking +a single file system. Note, that with this option, you cannot give +the +.I filesys +argument as well. +.TP +.B -V +Produce verbose output, including all file system-specific commands +that are executed. +Specifying this option more than once inhibits execution of any +file system-specific commands. +This is really only useful for testing. +.TP +.BI -t \ fstype +Specifies the type of file system to be checked. +If not specified, the type is deduced by searching for +.I filesys +in +.I /etc/fstab +and using the corresponding entry. +If the type can not be deduced, the default file system type +(currently minix) is used. +.TP +.B fs-options +File system-specific options to be passed to the real file +system checker. +Although not guaranteed, the following options are supported +by most file system checkers. +.TP +.I -a +Automatically repair the file system without any questions (use +this option with caution). +.TP +.I -l +List all the file names in the file system. +.TP +.I -r +Interactively repair the file system (ask for confirmations). +.TP +.I -s +List the super block before checking the file system. +.TP +.I -v +Produce verbose output. +.SH BUGS +All generic options must precede and not be combined with +file system-specific options. +Some file system-specific programs do not support the +.I -v +(verbose) option, nor return meaningful exit codes. +.SH AUTHORS +David Engel (david@ods.com) +.br +Fred N. van Kempen (waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org) +.br +The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card's version +for the ext2 file system. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR mkfs (8), +.BR fsck.minix (8), +.BR fsck.ext (8), +.BR fsck.ext2 (8), +.BR fsck.xiafs (8). -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522