Hi, On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:23:20PM -0400, Shashi Kanbur wrote: > what does fsck -f do and how is e2fsck different from fsck? fsck -f forces a full filesystem check. With ext3, the filesystem looks "clean" all the time: both the kernel and fsck know that to make the filesystem completely uptodate, all they need to do is to scan the journal. If you suspect a filesystem problem and want to force a full scan, you need to use the "-f" option. fsck is a front-end program which lets the user check many different kinds of filesystem. e2fsck is the back-end which implemenents fsck for ext2 and ext3 filesystems. If you run fsck on ext3, it will start the e2fsck program for you automatically. Cheers, Stephen _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
