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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting make loop from input file Post 302723881 by Don Cragun on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 12:46:28 AM
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD

fsck_v7fs

FSCK_V7FS(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      FSCK_V7FS(8)

NAME

     fsck_v7fs -- 7th Edition(V7) filesystem consistency checker

SYNOPSIS

     fsck_v7fs [-FnPpy] [-B byteorder] [-o options] filesystem ...

DESCRIPTION

     The fsck_v7fs utility verifies and repairs Version 7 file systems.

     The following flags are interpreted by fsck_v7fs.

	   -B byteorder    Convert the file system metadata to byteorder byte order if needed.	Valid byte orders are ``be'', ``le'', and ``pdp''.

	   -F		   Check file system inside a regular file.

	   -n		   Don't correct file system.

	   -o		   Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma separated string of options.  The following options are avail-
			   able:

			   data  Check data block duplication.

			   free  Check free block duplication.

	   -P		   Display a progress meter for the file system check.

	   -p		   Preen mode.	See fsck(8).

	   -y		   Causes fsck_v7fs to assume yes as the answer to all operator questions.

SEE ALSO

     fsck(8), mount_v7fs(8), newfs_v7fs(8)

BUGS

     fsck_v7fs is still under construction.

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