Phase 1 Responses

Phase 1 Responses

Table A-1 explains the significance of responses to Phase 1 prompts:

Meaning of fsck Phase 1 Responses
Prompt Response Meaning
CONTINUE? n Terminate the command.
CONTINUE? y Continue with the command. This error condition means that a complete check of the filesystem is not possible. A second run of fsck should be made to recheck this filesystem.
CLEAR? n Ignore the error condition. A "no" response is appropriate only if the user intends to take other measures to fix the problem.
CLEAR? y Deallocate inode I by zeroing its contents. This may invoke the UNALLOCATED error condition in Phase 2 for each directory entry pointing to this inode.

Meaning of *fsck* Phase 1 Responses
Prompt	Response	Meaning
CONTINUE?	n	Terminate the command.
CONTINUE?	y	Continue with the command. This error condition means that a complete check of the filesystem is not possible. A second run of fsck should be made to recheck this filesystem.
CLEAR?	n	Ignore the error condition. A "no" response is appropriate only if the user intends to take other measures to fix the problem.
CLEAR?	y	Deallocate inode I by zeroing its contents. This may invoke the UNALLOCATED error condition in Phase 2 for each directory entry pointing to this inode.