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Old 03-26-2012
fsck - how to know if required or not

Hello Friends,

My doubt is

1) How do we know if we need Fsck to run or not

can we check using any switch so that we can know if our filesystem really requires to run fsck or not??
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Old 03-26-2012
Dear Saurabh,

Pl check the following link , you will get the required answers -

Checking and Repairing Unix File system with fsck | Admin's Choice
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Old 03-27-2012
You can run fsck with the -n switch (fsck -n <filesystem>) meaning no write. It will display the errors if there are any, but won't fix them.

Often used by experienced sysadmins when a filesystem is very corrupt and might destroy itself if fsck is run normally.
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