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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:31:12 am | by perry | |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:31:12 am | by perry | Revert |
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
Serialize __fsck__ operations. This is a good idea if you
checking multiple filesystems and the checkers are in an
-interactive mode. (Note: __
e2fsck__
(8) runs in an
-interactive mode by default. To make __
e2fsck__
(8) run in
+interactive mode. (Note: e2fsck(8) runs in an
+interactive mode by default. To make e2fsck(8) run in
a non-interactive mode, you must either specify the
__-p__ or __-a__ option, if you wish for errors to be
corrected automatically, or the __-n__ option if you do
not.)
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@
When the __-A__ flag is set, check the root filesystem in
parallel with the other filesystems. This is not the safest
thing in the world to do, since if the root filesystem is in
-doubt things like the __
e2fsck__
(8) executable might be
+doubt things like the e2fsck(8) executable might be
corrupted! This option is mainly provided for those
sysadmins who don't want to repartition the root filesystem
to be small and compact (which is really the right
solution).
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@
__-a__
Automatically repair the file system without any questions
-(use this option with caution). Note that __
e2fsck__
(8)
+(use this option with caution). Note that e2fsck(8)
supports __-a__ for backwards compatibility only. This
option is mapped to __e2fsck__'s __-p__ option which
is safe to use, unlike the __-a__ option that most file
system checkers support.
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
__fsck__.
!!SEE ALSO
-fstab(5), mkfs(8), __
fsck.minix__
(8),
-__
fsck.ext2__
(8) or __e2fsck__(8),
-__
fsck.xiafs__
(8).
+fstab(5), mkfs(8), fsck.minix(8),
+fsck.ext2(8) or __e2fsck__(8),
+fsck.xiafs(8).
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