NAME

fsck − check and repair file systems

SYNOPSIS

fsck [ −F FSType ] [ −m ] [ −V ] [ special ... ]
fsck [ −F FSType ] [ − n | N | y | Y ] [ −V ] [ −o FSType-specific-options ]

[ special ... ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsr

DESCRIPTION

fsck audits and interactively repairs inconsistent file system conditions.  If the file system is inconsistent the default action for each correction is to wait for the user to respond yes or no.  If the user does not have write permission fsck defaults to a no action.  Some corrective actions will result in loss of data.  The amount and severity of data loss may be determined from the diagnostic output. 

The file system should be unmounted when fsck is used.  If this is not possible, care should be taken that the system is quiescent and that it is rebooted immediately after fsck is run. 

FSType-specific-options are options specified in a comma-separated (with no intervening spaces) list of options or keyword-attribute pairs for interpretation by the FSType-specific module of the command.

special represents the block or character special device (for example, /dev/rdsk/c1d0s7) on which the file system resides.  In general, the character special device should be used.  fsck will not work on a block device if it is mounted. 

If no special device is specified, this indicates that fsck should check file systems listed in in /etc/vfstab.  Those entries in /etc/vfstab which have a character special device entry in the fsckdev field and have a non-zero numeric entry in the fsckpass field will be checked.  Specifying −F FSType causes the list of file systems to be checked to be narrowed to those of the type indicated. 

If a file system type supports parallel checking (for example, ufs) some file systems eligible for checking may be checked in parallel.  Consult the file system-specific man page (for example fsck_ufs(1M)) for more information. 

If special is specified, but −F is not, the file system type will be determined by looking for a matching entry in /etc/vfstab.  If no entry is found, the default local file system type specified in /etc/default/fs will be used. 

OPTIONS

−FFSType Specify the file system type on which to operate. 

−m Check but do not repair. This option checks that the file system is suitable for mounting, returning the appropriate exit status.  If the file system is ready for mounting, fsck displays a message such as:

ufs fsck: sanity check: /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s1 okay

−n|N Assume a no response to all questions asked by fsck; do not open the file system for writing. 

−V Echo the complete command line, but do not execute the command.  This option may be used to verify and validate the command line. 

−y|Y Assume a yes response to all questions asked by fsck. 

−o specific-options These specific-options can be any combination of the following separated by commas (with no intervening spaces). 

b=n Use block n as the super block for the file system.  Block 32 is always one of the alternate super blocks.  The location of other super blocks may be determined by running newfs(1M) with the −Nv options specified. 

c If the file system is in the old (static table) format, convert it to the new (dynamic table) format.  If the file system is in the new format, convert it to the old format provided the old format can support the file system configuration.  In interactive mode, fsck will list the direction the conversion is to be made and ask whether the conversion should be done.  If a negative answer is given, no further operations are done on the file system.  In preen mode, the direction of the conversion is listed and done if possible without user interaction.  Conversion in preen mode is best used when all the file systems are being converted at once.  The format of a file system can be determined from the first line of output from fstyp(1M). 

f Force checking of file systems regardless of the state of their super block clean flag. 

p (“preen”) Check and fix the file system non-interactively.  Exit immediately if there is a problem requiring intervention.  This option is required to enable parallel file system checking. 

w Check writable file systems only. 

EXIT CODES

0 file system is okay and does not need checking

1 erroneous parameters are specified

32 file system is unmounted and needs checking (fsck −m only)

33 file system is already mounted

34 cannot stat device

36 uncorrectable errors detected - terminate normally

37 a signal was caught during processing

39 uncorrectable errors detected - terminate immediately

40 for root, same as 0. 

FILES

/etc/default/fs
default local file system type

/etc/vfstab list of default parameters for each file system

SEE ALSO

clri(1M), crash(1M), fsck_ufs(1M), fsdb_ufs(1M), fsirand(1M), fstyp(1M), mkfs(1M), mkfs_ufs(1M), mountall(1M), newfs(1M), reboot(1M), fs_ufs(4), vfstab(4)
Manual pages for the FSType-specific modules of fsck. 

NOTES

This command may not be supported for all FSTypes.

Sun Microsystems  —  Last change: 26 Feb 1993