fsstat(ADM)                     19 June 1992                     fsstat(ADM)


 Name

    fsstat - report file system status

 Syntax

    /etc/fsstat specialfile

 Description

    The fsstat command reports on the status of the file system on
    specialfile.  During startup, this command is used to determine if the
    file system needs checking before it is mounted.  The fsstat command
    succeeds if the file system is unmounted and appears okay.  For the root
    file system, it succeeds if the file system is active and not marked bad.

 See also

    filesystem(FP)

 Diagnostics

    The command has the following exit codes:

    0    the file system is not mounted and appears okay, (except for root
         where 0 means mounted and okay)

    1    the file system is not mounted and needs to be checked

    2    the file system is mounted

    3    the command failed

    This command does not work on DOS filesystems.

    The directory /etc/fscmd.d/TYPE contains programs for each file system
    type, fsstat invokes the appropriate binary.