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FSCK_FFS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual FSCK_FFS(8) NAME fsck_ffs, fsck_ufs -- file system consistency check and interactive re- pair SYNOPSIS fsck_ffs [-BFpfny] [-b block#] [-c level] [-m mode] filesystem ... DESCRIPTION The specified disk partitions and/or file systems are checked. In "preen" mode the clean flag of each file system's superblock is examined and only those file systems that are not marked clean are checked. File systems are marked clean when they are unmounted, when they have been mounted read-only, or when fsck_ffs runs on them successfully. If the -f option is specified, the file systems will be checked regardless of the state of their clean flag. The kernel takes care that only a restricted class of innocuous file sys- tem inconsistencies can happen unless hardware or software failures in- tervene. These are limited to the following: Unreferenced inodes Link counts in inodes too large Missing blocks in the free map Blocks in the free map also in files Counts in the super-block wrong These are the only inconsistencies that fsck_ffs with the -p option will correct; if it encounters other inconsistencies, it exits with an abnor- mal return status and an automatic reboot will then fail. For each cor- rected inconsistency one or more lines will be printed identifying the file system on which the correction will take place, and the nature of the correction. After successfully correcting a file system, fsck_ffs will print the number of files on that file system, the number of used and free blocks, and the percentage of fragmentation. If sent a QUIT signal, fsck_ffs will finish the file system checks, then exit with an abnormal return status that causes an automatic reboot to fail. This is useful when you want to finish the file system checks dur- ing an automatic reboot, but do not want the machine to come up multiuser after the checks complete. If fsck_ffs receives a SIGINFO (see the "status" argument for stty(1)) signal, a line will be written to the standard output indicating the name of the device currently being checked, the current phase number and phase-specific progress information. Without the -p option, fsck_ffs audits and interactively repairs incon- sistent conditions for file systems. If the file system is inconsistent the operator is prompted for concurrence before each correction is at- tempted. It should be noted that some of the corrective actions which are not correctable under the -p option will result in some loss of data. The amount and severity of data lost may be determined from the diagnos- tic output. The default action for each consistency correction is to wait for the operator to respond yes or no. If the operator does not have write permission on the file system fsck_ffs will default to a -n action. The following flags are interpreted by fsck_ffs: -F Determine whether the file system needs to be cleaned immediately in foreground, or if its cleaning can be deferred to background. To be eligible for background cleaning it must have been running with soft updates, not have been marked as needing a foreground check, and be mounted and writable when the background check is to be done. If these conditions are met, then fsck_ffs exits with a zero exit status. Otherwise it exits with a non-zero exit status. If the file system is clean, it will exit with a non- zero exit status so that the clean status of the file system can be verified and reported during the foreground checks. Note that when invoked with the -F flag, no cleanups are done. The only thing that fsck_ffs does is to determine whether a foreground or background check is needed and exit with an appropriate status code. -B A check is done on the specified and possibly active file system. The set of corrections that can be done is limited to those done when running in preen mode (see the -p flag). If unexpected er- rors are found, the file system is marked as needing a foreground check and fsck_ffs exits without attempting any further cleaning. -b Use the block specified immediately after the flag as the super block for the file system. Block 32 is usually an alternate su- per block. -c Convert the file system to the specified level. Note that the level of a file system can only be raised. There are currently four levels defined: 0 The file system is in the old (static table) format. 1 The file system is in the new (dynamic table) format. 2 The file system supports 32-bit uid's and gid's, short symbolic links are stored in the inode, and directories have an added field showing the file type. 3 If maxcontig is greater than one, build the free segment maps to aid in finding contiguous sets of blocks. If maxcontig is equal to one, delete any existing segment maps. In interactive mode, fsck_ffs will list the conversion to be made and ask whether the conversion should be done. If a negative an- swer is given, no further operations are done on the file system. In preen mode, the conversion is listed and done if possible without user interaction. Conversion in preen mode is best used when all the file systems are being converted at once. The for- mat of a file system can be determined from the first line of output from dumpfs(8). -f Force fsck_ffs to check `clean' file systems when preening. -m Use the mode specified in octal immediately after the flag as the permission bits to use when creating the lost+found directory rather than the default 1777. In particular, systems that do not wish to have lost files accessible by all users on the system should use a more restrictive set of permissions such as 700. -n Assume a no response to all questions asked by fsck_ffs except for `CONTINUE?', which is assumed to be affirmative; do not open the file system for writing. -p Preen file systems (see above). -y Assume a yes response to all questions asked by fsck_ffs; this should be used with great caution as this is a free license to continue after essentially unlimited trouble has been encoun- tered. Inconsistencies checked are as follows: 1. Blocks claimed by more than one inode or the free map. 2. Blocks claimed by an inode outside the range of the file system. 3. Incorrect link counts. 4. Size checks: Directory size not a multiple of DIRBLKSIZ. Partially truncated file. 5. Bad inode format. 6. Blocks not accounted for anywhere. 7. Directory checks: File pointing to unallocated inode. Inode number out of range. Directories with unallocated blocks (holes). Dot or dot-dot not the first two entries of a directory or having the wrong inode number. 8. Super Block checks: More blocks for inodes than there are in the file system. Bad free block map format. Total free block and/or free inode count incorrect. Orphaned files and directories (allocated but unreferenced) are, with the operator's concurrence, reconnected by placing them in the lost+found di- rectory. The name assigned is the inode number. If the lost+found di- rectory does not exist, it is created. If there is insufficient space its size is increased. FILES /etc/fstab contains default list of file systems to check. DIAGNOSTICS The fsck_ffs utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. The diagnostics produced by fsck_ffs are fully enumerated and explained in Appendix A of Fsck - The UNIX File System Check Program. SEE ALSO fs(5), fstab(5), fsck(8), fsdb(8), newfs(8), reboot(8) BSD April 24, 2001 BSD
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