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diff --git a/man/dosfsck.8 b/man/dosfsck.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 9443543..0000000 --- a/man/dosfsck.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,147 +0,0 @@ -.TH DOSFSCK 8 "December 31 1997" "Linux" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS" -.SH NAME -dosfsck \- check and repair MS-DOS file systems -.SH SYNOPSIS -.ad l -.B dosfsck|fsck.msdos|fsck.vfat -.RB [ \-aAflnrtvVwy ] -.RB [ \-d\ \fIpath\fB\ \-d\ \fI...\fB ] -.RB [ \-u\ \fIpath\fB\ \-u\ \fI...\fB ] -.I device -.ad b -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B dosfsck -verifies the consistency of MS-DOS file systems and optionally tries to -repair them. The following file system problems can be corrected (in this -order): -.IP \- -FAT contains invalid cluster numbers. Cluster is changed to EOF. -.PD 0 -.IP \- -File's cluster chain contains a loop. The loop is broken. -.IP \- -Bad clusters (read errors). The clusters are marked bad and they are -removed from files owning them. This check is optional. -.IP \- -Directories with a large number of bad entries (probably corrupt). The -directory can be deleted. -.IP \- -Files . and .. are non-directories. They can be deleted or renamed. -.IP \- -Directories . and .. in root directory. They are deleted. -.IP \- -Bad file names. They can be renamed. -.IP \- -Duplicate directory entries. They can be deleted or renamed. -.IP \- -Directories with non-zero size field. Size is set to zero. -.IP \- -Directory . does not point to parent directory. The start pointer is -adjusted. -.IP \- -Directory .. does not point to parent of parent directory. The start pointer -is adjusted. -.IP \- -Start cluster number of a file is invalid. The file is truncated. -.IP \- -File contains bad or free clusters. The file is truncated. -.IP \- -File's cluster chain is longer than indicated by the size fields. The file -is truncated. -.IP \- -Two or more files share the same cluster(s). All but one of the files are -truncated. If the file being truncated is a directory file that has already -been read, the file system check is restarted after truncation. -.IP \- -File's cluster chain is shorter than indicated by the size fields. The file -is truncated. -.IP \- -Clusters are marked as used but are not owned by a file. They are marked -as free. -.PD -.LP -Additionally, the following problems are detected, but not repaired: -.IP \- -Invalid parameters in boot sector. -.PD 0 -.IP \- -Absence of . and .. entries in non-root directories -.PD -.LP -When \fBdosfsck\fP checks a file system, it accumulates all changes in memory -and performs them only after all checks are complete. This can be disabled -with the \fB\-w\fP option. -.SH OPTIONS -.IP \fB\-a\fP -Automatically repair the file system. No user intervention is necessary. -Whenever there is more than one method to solve a problem, the least -destructive approach is used. -.IP \fB\-A\fP -Use Atari variation of the MS-DOS filesystem. This is default if -\fBdosfsck\fP is run on an Atari, then this option turns off Atari -format. There are some minor differences in Atari format: Some boot -sector fields are interpreted slightly different, and the special FAT -entries for end-of-file and bad cluster can be different. Under -MS-DOS 0xfff8 is used for EOF and Atari employs 0xffff by default, but -both systems recognize all values from 0xfff8...0xffff as end-of-file. -MS-DOS uses only 0xfff7 for bad clusters, where on Atari values -0xfff0...0xfff7 are for this purpose (but the standard value is still -0xfff7). -.IP \fB\-d\fP -Delete the specified file. If more that one file with that name exists, the -first one is deleted. -.IP \fB\-f\fP -Salvage unused cluster chains to files. By default, unused clusters are -added to the free disk space except in auto mode (\fB-a\fP). -.IP \fB\-l\fP -List path names of files being processed. -.IP \fB\-n\fP -No-operation mode: non-interactively check for errors, but don't write -anything to the filesystem. -.IP \fB\-r\fP -Interactively repair the file system. The user is asked for advice whenever -there is more than one approach to fix an inconsistency. -.IP \fB\-t\fP -Mark unreadable clusters as bad. -.IP \fB-u\fP -Try to undelete the specified file. \fBdosfsck\fP tries to allocate a chain -of contiguous unallocated clusters beginning with the start cluster of the -undeleted file. -.IP \fB\-v\fP -Verbose mode. Generates slightly more output. -.IP \fB\-V\fP -Perform a verification pass. The file system check is repeated after the -first run. The second pass should never report any fixable errors. It may -take considerably longer than the first pass, because the first pass may -have generated long list of modifications that have to be scanned for each -disk read. -.IP \fB\-w\fP -Write changes to disk immediately. -.IP \fB\-y\fP -Same as \fB\-a\fP (automatically repair filesystem) for compatibility -with other fsck tools. -.LP -If \fB\-a\fP and \fB\-r\fP are absent, the file system is only checked, -but not repaired. -.SH "EXIT STATUS" -.IP 0 -No recoverable errors have been detected. -.IP 1 -Recoverable errors have been detected or \fBdosfsck\fP has discovered an -internal inconsistency. -.IP 2 -Usage error. \fBdosfsck\fP did not access the file system. -.SH FILES -.IP "fsck0000.rec, fsck0001.rec, ..." -When recovering from a corrupted file system, dosfsck dumps recovered data -into files named 'fsckNNNN.rec' in the top level directory of the file system. -.SH BUGS -Does not create . and .. files where necessary. Does not remove entirely -empty directories. Should give more diagnostic messages. Undeleting files -should use a more sophisticated algorithm. -.\".SH "SEE ALSO" -.\"fs(5) -.SH AUTHORS -Werner Almesberger <werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch> -Extensions (FAT32, VFAT) by and current maintainer: -Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net> |