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- This is version 1.7 of my generic, front-end for fsck and mkfs. This
- little utility takes the guess-work out of trying to remember the
- often cryptic name for a particular file system-specific utility. In
- most cases, you can simply type 'fsck /dev/xyz' without regard to the
- file system type. Mkfs is similarly supported, but is (IMO) of
- dubious value. When invoked as fsck, it also supports a 'check all'
- option.
-
- The fs-specific programs are expected to be named fsprog.fstype, where
- fsprog is the root program name (fsck or mkfs) and fstype is the type
- of the file system. For example, the minix file system checker should
- be called fsck.minix and the extended file system builder should be
- called mkfs.ext. This naming convention was adopted because it allows
- new file system types to be supported without having to recompile the
- front-end.
-
- Fs-specific programs are searched for in /etc/fs first, then in /etc
- and finally in the directories listed in the PATH enviroment variable.
- To help reduce some of the clutter in /etc, /etc/fs is the recommended
- location for fs-specific programs.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: You should rename your current utilities to follow
- the new naming convention *before* installing this utility. If you
- don't, you will overwrite your minix file system programs.
-
- If you would like to see this utility become standard in the Linux
- community, please drop a note to your favorite package or file system
- maintainer asking them to use the new naming convention in their next
- release.
-
- Changes from version 1.6 to 1.7
-
- Changed -V option to cause verbose output. Using -V
- more than once results in the same output but inhibits
- execution of fs-specific programs (i.e. debug mode).
-
- Look for file system-specific programs in /etc/fs first,
- then in /etc and finally in the user's PATH. Use this
- to reduce some of the clutter in /etc.
-
- Ignore ISO9660 file systems when checking all systems.
-
- Allow file systems to be specified with either the device
- name or the mount point.
-
- Return meaningful exit codes. See the manual pages for
- details.
-
- Changes from version 1.0 to 1.6 (most by Fred N. van Kempen,
- waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org)
-
- Changed -F option to -t to be consistent with mount(8).
-
- Added -A (check all) option for fsck(8).
-
- Allow "blocks" parameter to be omitted for mkfs(8).
-
- David Engel
- david@ods.com
-