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- From: klode@syslab.csd.uwo.ca (Claude Morin)
- Subject: fsck naming schemes
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:18:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.171833.16052@julian.uwo.ca>
- Keywords: fsck standards
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- This discussion probably belongs in the standards mailing list, but...
-
- I've noticed a 'trend', when naming variations on a tool, of prepending a
- letter, eg:
- fsck - check minix filesystems
- efsck - check extfs filesystems
- dfsck - check MSDOS filesystems
-
- I've seen the following on other systems:
-
- fsck - check *any* filesystem
- fsck.mfs - check minix filesystem
- fsck.efs - check extended filesystem
- fsck.dfs - check MSDOS filesystem
-
- In this case, fsck collects information (arguments etc) and passes
- them to the appopriate fsck.* If a filesystem is not currently
- mounted, you need to tell fsck which type to use (MIPS uses -T<type>),
- otherwise it figures it out for itself. Hmmm...perhaps fsck can
- be made to examing /etc/fstab to figure out the type of unmounted
- filesystems...
-
- Pros: - ease of use -- usually only need to run 'fsck'
- - seems somehow *cleaner* to my little mind
- - scanning for commands/files starting with fsck is possible
-
-
- Cons: - fsck must be written, or users are stuck with fsck.efs instead of
- efsck (for example)
- - why not just scan for *fsck* and avoid this whole issue?
-
- This is an *option* offered for the consideration of those who may not
- have thought of such a thing. If it's too much trouble, scrap it. If I (or
- someone else) really want it, I can always write it myself, right?
-
- ---
- Claude Morin
- (that's "klode", NOT "clod"...French :-)
- London, Ontario, Canada
-