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Manual page and help for the fsck.minix linux command. Fsck.minix checks the consistency of the Linux MINIX file system. The program assumes that the file system is at rest. Fsck.minix cannot be used on a mounted file system unless we are sure that no one is performing a write operation on it. Note that the kernel itself can write to the device, for example when performing file searches.
Man page output
man fsck.minix
FSCK.MINIX(8) System Administration FSCK.MINIX(8) NAME fsck.minix - check consistency of Minix filesystem SYNOPSIS fsck.minix [options] device DESCRIPTION fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX filesystem. The program assumes the filesystem is quiescent. fsck.minix should not be used on a mounted device unless you can be sure nobody is writing to it. Remember that the kernel can write to device when it searches for files. The device name will usually have the following form: /dev/hda[1–63] IDE disk 1 /dev/hdb[1–63] IDE disk 2 /dev/sda[1–15] SCSI disk 1 /dev/sdb[1–15] SCSI disk 2 If the filesystem was changed, i.e., repaired, then fsck.minix will print "FILE SYS‐ TEM HAS CHANGED" and will sync(2) three times before exiting. There is no need to reboot after check. WARNING fsck.minix should not be used on a mounted filesystem. Using fsck.minix on a mounted filesystem is very dangerous, due to the possibility that deleted files are still in use, and can seriously damage a perfectly good filesystem! If you absolutely have to run fsck.minix on a mounted filesystem, such as the root filesystem, make sure noth‐ ing is writing to the disk, and that no files are "zombies" waiting for deletion. OPTIONS -l, --list List all filenames. -r, --repair Perform interactive repairs. -a, --auto Perform automatic repairs. This option implies --repair and serves to answer all of the questions asked with the default. Note that this can be extremely dangerous in the case of extensive filesystem damage. -v, --verbose Be verbose. -s, --super Output super-block information. -m, --uncleared Activate MINIX-like "mode not cleared" warnings. -f, --force Force a filesystem check even if the filesystem was marked as valid. Marking is done by the kernel when the filesystem is unmounted. -V, --version Display version information and exit. -h, --help Display help text and exit. DIAGNOSTICS There are numerous diagnostic messages. The ones mentioned here are the most com‐ monly seen in normal usage. If the device does not exist, fsck.minix will print "unable to read super block". If the device exists, but is not a MINIX filesystem, fsck.minix will print "bad magic number in super-block". EXIT CODES The exit code returned by fsck.minix is the sum of the following: 0 No errors 3 Filesystem errors corrected, system should be rebooted if filesystem was mounted 4 Filesystem errors left uncorrected 7 Combination of exit codes 3 and 4 8 Operational error 16 Usage or syntax error AUTHORS Linus Torvalds ⟨torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi⟩ Error code values by Rik Faith ⟨faith@cs.unc.edu⟩ Added support for filesystem valid flag: Dr. Wettstein ⟨greg%wind.uucp@plains.nodak. edu⟩. Check to prevent fsck of mounted filesystem added by Daniel Quinlan ⟨quinlan@ yggdrasil.com⟩. Minix v2 fs support by Andreas Schwab ⟨schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de⟩, up‐ dated by Nicolai Langfeldt ⟨janl@math.uio.no⟩. Portability patch by Russell King ⟨rmk@ecs.soton.ac.uk⟩. SEE ALSO fsck(8), fsck.ext2(8), mkfs(8), mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.minix(8), reboot(8) AVAILABILITY The fsck.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩. util-linux June 2015 FSCK.MINIX(8)
Help output
sudo fsck.minix --help
Usage: fsck.minix [options] <device> Check the consistency of a Minix filesystem. Options: -l, --list list all filenames -a, --auto automatic repair -r, --repair interactive repair -v, --verbose be verbose -s, --super output super-block information -m, --uncleared activate mode not cleared warnings -f, --force force check -h, --help display this help -V, --version display version For more details see fsck.minix(8).
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