fsck

Question 1

fsck

Answer 1

fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux filesystems.

Question 2

fsck

• A
• C [<fd>]</fd>
• l
• M
• N
• P

Answer 2

• A, Check all filesystems.
• C [<fd>], Display progress bar; File descriptor is for GUIs.</fd>
• l, Lock the device to guarantee exclusive access.
• M, Do not check mounted filesystems.
• N, Do not execute, just show what would be done.
• P, Check filesystems in parallel, including root.

Question 3

fsck

• R
• r [<fd>]</fd>
• s
• T
• t <type></type>
• V

Answer 3

• R, Skip roote filesystem; useful only with -A
• r [<fd>], Report statistics for each device checked; File descriptor is for GUIs.</fd>
• s, Serialize the checking operations.
• T, Do not show the title on startup.
• t <type>, Specify filesystem types to be checked; <type> is allowed to be a comma-separated list.</type></type>
• V, Verbose.