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#10 -q for quiet output

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nobody
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2008-01-01
2005-02-21
aurelus
No

Currently, a lot of initscripts that make use of fsck
direct its output so the user doesn't see informational
output when everything goes fine.
I would suggest to add a "-q" option which suppresses
all output, unless there's something the user really
needs to know (I would even hide successful fixes).
This would make it possible to have cleaner (and more
user-friendly) initscripts.

Discussion

  • Theodore Ts'o

    Theodore Ts'o - 2008-01-01

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    fsck -p only prints one line if everything goes right. That should be good enough for even the most fastidious initscripts. And hiding successful fixes is not a good idea, because the fact that there was something to fix means something went wrong....

     

  • Theodore Ts'o

    Theodore Ts'o - 2008-01-01
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