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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)fsck.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
.\"
-.Dd May 9, 1995
+.Dd November 15, 1996
.Dt FSCK 8
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,13 +41,15 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm fsck
.Fl p
+.Op Fl f
.Op Fl m Ar mode
+.Op Ar filesystem
+.Ar ...
.Nm fsck
+.Op Fl ny
.Op Fl b Ar block#
.Op Fl c Ar level
.Op Fl l Ar maxparallel
-.Op Fl y
-.Op Fl n
.Op Fl m Ar mode
.Op Ar filesystem
.Ar ...
@@ -81,7 +84,8 @@ runs on them successfully.
The kernel takes care that only a restricted class of innocuous filesystem
inconsistencies can happen unless hardware or software failures intervene.
These are limited to the following:
-.Bl -item -compact
+.Pp
+.Bl -item -compact -offset indent
.It
Unreferenced inodes
.It
@@ -157,32 +161,6 @@ The following flags are interpreted by
Use the block specified immediately after the flag as
the super block for the filesystem. Block 32 is usually
an alternate super block.
-.It Fl l
-Limit the number of parallel checks to the number specified in the following
-argument.
-By default, the limit is the number of disks, running one process per disk.
-If a smaller limit is given, the disks are checked round-robin, one filesystem
-at a time.
-.It Fl m
-Use the mode specified in octal immediately after the flag as the
-permission bits to use when creating the
-.Pa lost+found
-directory rather than the default 1777.
-In particular, systems that do not wish to have lost files accessible
-by all users on the system should use a more restrictive
-set of permissions such as 700.
-.It Fl y
-Assume a yes response to all questions asked by
-.Nm fsck ;
-this should be used with great caution as this is a free license
-to continue after essentially unlimited trouble has been encountered.
-.It Fl n
-Assume a no response to all questions asked by
-.Nm fsck
-except for
-.Ql CONTINUE? ,
-which is assumed to be affirmative;
-do not open the filesystem for writing.
.It Fl c
Convert the filesystem to the specified level.
Note that the level of a filesystem can only be raised.
@@ -216,6 +194,40 @@ are being converted at once.
The format of a filesystem can be determined from the
first line of output from
.Xr dumpfs 8 .
+.It Fl f
+Force
+.Nm fsck
+to check
+.Sq clean
+filesystems when preening.
+.It Fl l
+Limit the number of parallel checks to the number specified in the following
+argument.
+By default, the limit is the number of disks, running one process per disk.
+If a smaller limit is given, the disks are checked round-robin, one filesystem
+at a time.
+.It Fl m
+Use the mode specified in octal immediately after the flag as the
+permission bits to use when creating the
+.Pa lost+found
+directory rather than the default 1777.
+In particular, systems that do not wish to have lost files accessible
+by all users on the system should use a more restrictive
+set of permissions such as 700.
+.It Fl n
+Assume a no response to all questions asked by
+.Nm fsck
+except for
+.Ql CONTINUE? ,
+which is assumed to be affirmative;
+do not open the filesystem for writing.
+.It Fl p
+Preen filesystems (see above).
+.It Fl y
+Assume a yes response to all questions asked by
+.Nm fsck ;
+this should be used with great caution as this is a free license
+to continue after essentially unlimited trouble has been encountered.
.El
.Pp
If no filesystems are given to
@@ -252,6 +264,8 @@ File pointing to unallocated inode.
.It
Inode number out of range.
.It
+Directories with unallocated blocks (holes).
+.It
Dot or dot-dot not the first two entries of a directory
or having the wrong inode number.
.El
@@ -295,7 +309,5 @@ are fully enumerated and explained in Appendix A of
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fstab 5 ,
.Xr fs 5 ,
-.Xr fsdb 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8 ,
-.Xr mkfs 8 ,
.Xr reboot 8
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