From 84d3518bb9e5e601aeda19c79c02b669615a886b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:28:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify description of the -p, -n, and -y options in the e2fsck man page. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- e2fsck/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog index b7da9b6..f445784 100644 --- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog +++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-12-09 Theodore Ts'o + + * e2fsck.8.in: Clarify description of differences between the -p, + -n, and -y options. + 2005-09-24 Theodore Ts'o * super.c (check_super_block), problem.c, problem.h: Detect if the diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in index cf4eebf..40a9358 100644 --- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in +++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in @@ -226,10 +226,31 @@ options are specified in addition to the .B \-n option, then the filesystem will be opened read-write, to permit the bad-blocks list to be updated. However, no other changes will be made -to the filesystem.) +to the filesystem.) This option +may not be specified at the same time as the +.B \-p +or +.B \-y +options. .TP .B \-p -Automatically repair ("preen") the file system without any questions. +Automatically repair ("preen") the file system. This option will case +.B e2fsck +to automatically +fix any filesystem problems that can be safely fixed without human +intervention. If +.B e2fsck +discovers a problem which may require the system administrator +to take additional corrective action, +.B e2fsck +will print a description of the problem and then exit with the value 4 +logically or'ed into the exit code. (See the \fBEXIT CODE\fR section.) +This option is normally used by the system's boot scripts. It may not +be specified at the same time as the +.B \-n +or +.B \-y +options. .TP .B \-r This option does nothing at all; it is provided only for backwards @@ -261,7 +282,12 @@ Print version information and exit. .B \-y Assume an answer of `yes' to all questions; allows .B e2fsck -to be used non-interactively. +to be used non-interactively. This option +may not be specified at the same time as the +.B \-n +or +.B \-p +options. .SH EXIT CODE The exit code returned by .B e2fsck -- 1.8.3.1