Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 07:38:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r368378 - stable/12/sbin/fsck Message-ID: <202012060738.0B67cwgv062626@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gbe (doc committer) Date: Sun Dec 6 07:38:58 2020 New Revision: 368378 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/368378 Log: MFC r344922 (by wosch): explain ``fsck -f'' more in detail PR: 223491 Approved by: mckusick, 0mp, imp Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19437 Modified: stable/12/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Sun Dec 6 07:22:38 2020 (r368377) +++ stable/12/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Sun Dec 6 07:38:58 2020 (r368378) @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 5, 2016 +.Dd March 5, 2019 .Dt FSCK 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ only if .Nm is compiled to support it. .It Fl f -Force checking of file systems, even when they are marked clean (for file systems -that support this). +Force checking of file systems. +Running +.Dq Li fsck -f +ignores the journal and does a full +consistency check of the disk so will find and fix the errors about which the +journal is unaware. .It Fl n Causes .Nm
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