e2fsprogs: add support for 3-level htree

[tools/e2fsprogs.git] / misc / fsck.8.in

diff --git a/misc/fsck.8.in b/misc/fsck.8.in
index 07696f5..50fd8ce 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/fsck.8.in
+++ b/misc/fsck.8.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fsck \- check and repair a Linux file system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B fsck
 [
-.B \-sAVRTNP
+.B \-sAVRTMNP
 ]
 [
 .B \-C
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ or an ext2 label or UUID specifier (e.g.
 UUID=8868abf6-88c5-4a83-98b8-bfc24057f7bd or LABEL=root).  
 Normally, the 
 .B fsck 
-program will try to run filesystems on different physical disk drives 
-in parallel to reduce total amount time to check all of the filesystems.
+program will try to handle filesystems on different physical disk drives 
+in parallel to reduce the total amount of time needed to check all of the
+filesystems.
 .PP
 If no filesystems are specified on the command line, and the 
 .B \-A 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ option is not specified,
 .B fsck
 will default to checking filesystems in
 .B /etc/fstab
-serial.  This is equivalent to the 
+serially.  This is equivalent to the 
 .B \-As
 options.
 .PP
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ in
 .I fslist
 will be checked.
 .sp
-Options specifiers may be included in the comma separated
+Options specifiers may be included in the comma-separated
 .IR fslist .
 They must have the format 
 .BI opts= fs-option\fR.
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ Walk through the
 file and try to check all file systems in one run.  This option is
 typically used from the
 .I /etc/rc
-system initalization file, instead of multiple commands for checking
+system initialization file, instead of multiple commands for checking
 a single file system.
 .sp
 The root filesystem will be checked first unless the
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ Hence, a very common configuration in
 files is to set the root filesystem to have a 
 .I fs_passno
 value of 1
-and to set all filesystems to have a
+and to set all other filesystems to have a
 .I fs_passno
 value of 2.  This will allow
 .B fsck
@@ -230,7 +231,11 @@ only for ext2 and ext3) which support them.   Fsck will manage the
 filesystem checkers so that only one of them will display  
 a progress bar at a time.  GUI front-ends may specify a file descriptor
 .IR fd ,
-in which case the progress bar information will be sent that file descriptor.
+in which case the progress bar information will be sent to that file descriptor.
+.TP
+.B \-M
+Do not check mounted filesystems and return an exit code of 0
+for mounted filesystems.
 .TP
 .B \-N
 Don't execute, just show what would be done.
@@ -388,17 +393,22 @@ environment are searched.
 This environment variable allows the system administrator 
 to override the standard location of the 
 .B /etc/fstab
-file.  It is also use for developers who are testing
+file.  It is also useful for developers who are testing
 .BR fsck .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fstab (5),
 .BR mkfs (8),
 .BR fsck.ext2 (8)
 or
+.BR fsck.ext3 (8)
+or
 .BR e2fsck (8),
-.BR cramfsck (8)
+.BR cramfsck (8),
 .BR fsck.minix (8),
-.BR fsck.jfs (8)
+.BR fsck.msdos (8),
+.BR fsck.jfs (8),
+.BR fsck.nfs (8),
+.BR fsck.vfat (8),
 .BR fsck.xfs (8),
-.BR fsck.xiafs (8)
+.BR fsck.xiafs (8),
 .BR reiserfsck (8).