On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 09:08:50AM +0000, Dave Selby wrote:
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| I dont get the bit about
|
| touch /forcefsck ????
|
| touch changes the file timestamps ?
Yes, that's right. (and it creates the file if it doesn't exist)
| I cant find a reference to forcefsck in its man or info pages. Is it
| a switch of some kind ?
Read the source :-). (/etc/rcS.d/S30checkfs.sh)
# near beginning
if [ -f /forcefsck ]
then
force="-f"
else
force=""
fi
# at end
rm -f /forcefsck
| I can understand doing a fsck, but this command sequence has thrown me !!
|
| Can anyone shed light ??
The startup script that runs fsck if necessary will set the "force"
flag if that file exists. Then it removes the file so a check isn't
forced at the next reboot.
-D
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