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#257 fsck -f -n should work

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fsck (38)
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2007-08-24
2007-07-23
Roy Marples
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fsck -f -n should work with jfs. This means "force check and answer no to everything". jfs presently interprets -n as "don't change any data".

This is needed as e2fs fsck requires the -n option when running without terminal, like say in a boot script.

See Gentoo bug #116016 for why.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116016

Discussion

  • Roy Marples

    Roy Marples - 2007-07-23

    Allow -f to work with -n

     
  • David Kleikamp

    David Kleikamp - 2007-07-23
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  • David Kleikamp

    David Kleikamp - 2007-07-23

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    This should be easy to fix. jfs_fsck -f -n should behave just like jfs_fsck -n. jfs_fsck is not interactive, so doesn't ask the y/n questions. answering n to everything is basically "don't change any data".

     
  • David Kleikamp

    David Kleikamp - 2007-08-24
    • status: open --> closed-fixed
     
  • David Kleikamp

    David Kleikamp - 2007-08-24

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    Fixed in jfsutils-1.1.12