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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/e2fsck.8 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/e2fsck.8 index 68b867cf..f06d79dd 100644 --- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/e2fsck.8 +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/e2fsck.8 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. .\" -.TH E2FSCK 8 "February 2023" "E2fsprogs version 1.47.0" +.TH E2FSCK 8 "May 2024" "E2fsprogs version 1.47.1" .SH NAME e2fsck \- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ e2fsck \- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system is used to check the ext2/ext3/ext4 family of file systems. For ext3 and ext4 file systems that use a journal, if the system has been shut down uncleanly without any errors, normally, after replaying the -committed transactions in the journal, the file system should be -marked as clean. Hence, for file systems that use journaling, +committed transactions in the journal, the file system should be +marked as clean. +Hence, for file systems that use journaling, .B e2fsck will normally replay the journal and exit, unless its superblock indicates that further checking is required. @@ -63,12 +64,14 @@ option is specified, and .BR \-c , .BR \-l , or -.B -L +.B \-L options are .I not -specified. However, even if it is safe to do so, the results printed by +specified. +However, even if it is safe to do so, the results printed by .B e2fsck -are not valid if the file system is mounted. If +are not valid if the file system is mounted. +If .B e2fsck asks whether or not you should check a file system which is mounted, the only correct answer is ``no''. Only experts who really know what @@ -80,10 +83,10 @@ is run in interactive mode (meaning that none of .BR \-y , .BR \-n , or -.BR \-p +.B \-p are specified), the program will ask the user to fix each problem found in the -file system. A response of 'y' will fix the error; 'n' will leave the error -unfixed; and 'a' will fix the problem and all subsequent problems; pressing +file system. A response of \&'y' will fix the error; \&'n' will leave the error +unfixed; and \&'a' will fix the problem and all subsequent problems; pressing Enter will proceed with the default response, which is printed before the question mark. Pressing Control-C terminates e2fsck immediately. .SH OPTIONS @@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ program using the option to print out where the superblocks exist, supposing .B mke2fs is supplied with arguments that are consistent with the file system's layout -(e.g. blocksize, blocks per group, +(e.g.\& blocksize, blocks per group, .BR sparse_super , etc.). .IP @@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ Print debugging output (useless unless you are debugging .B \-D Optimize directories in file system. This option causes e2fsck to try to optimize all directories, either by re-indexing them if the -file system supports directory indexing, or by sorting and compressing +file system supports directory indexing, or by sorting and compressing directories for smaller directories, or for file systems using traditional linear directories. .IP @@ -204,86 +207,92 @@ Set the version of the extended attribute blocks which will require while checking the file system. The version number may be 1 or 2. The default extended attribute version format is 2. .TP -.BI journal_only +.B journal_only Only replay the journal if required, but do not perform any further checks or repairs. .TP -.BI fragcheck +.B fragcheck During pass 1, print a detailed report of any discontiguous blocks for files in the file system. .TP -.BI discard +.B discard Attempt to discard free blocks and unused inode blocks after the full file system check (discarding blocks is useful on solid state devices and sparse -/ thin-provisioned storage). Note that discard is done in pass 5 AFTER the +/ thin-provisioned storage). +Note that discard is done in pass 5 AFTER the file system has been fully checked and only if it does not contain recognizable -errors. However there might be cases where +errors. +However there might be cases where .B e2fsck does not fully recognize a problem and hence in this case this option may prevent you from further manual data recovery. .TP -.BI nodiscard -Do not attempt to discard free blocks and unused inode blocks. This option is -exactly the opposite of discard option. This is set as default. +.B nodiscard +Do not attempt to discard free blocks and unused inode blocks. +This option is exactly the opposite of discard option. +This is set as default. .TP -.BI no_optimize_extents +.B no_optimize_extents Do not offer to optimize the extent tree by eliminating unnecessary width or depth. This can also be enabled in the options section of .BR /etc/e2fsck.conf . .TP -.BI optimize_extents +.B optimize_extents Offer to optimize the extent tree by eliminating unnecessary width or depth. This is the default unless otherwise specified in .BR /etc/e2fsck.conf . .TP -.BI inode_count_fullmap +.B inode_count_fullmap Trade off using memory for speed when checking a file system with a large number of hard-linked files. The amount of memory required is proportional to the number of inodes in the file system. For large file -systems, this can be gigabytes of memory. (For example, a 40TB file system +systems, this can be gigabytes of memory. (For example, a 40\ TB file system with 2.8 billion inodes will consume an additional 5.7 GB memory if this optimization is enabled.) This optimization can also be enabled in the options section of .BR /etc/e2fsck.conf . .TP -.BI no_inode_count_fullmap +.B no_inode_count_fullmap Disable the .B inode_count_fullmap optimization. This is the default unless otherwise specified in .BR /etc/e2fsck.conf . .TP -.BI readahead_kb +.B readahead_kb Use this many KiB of memory to pre-fetch metadata in the hopes of reducing e2fsck runtime. By default, this is set to the size of two block groups' inode -tables (typically 4MiB on a regular ext4 file system); if this amount is more +tables (typically 4\ MiB on a regular ext4 file system); if this amount is more than 1/50th of total physical memory, readahead is disabled. Set this to zero to disable readahead entirely. .TP -.BI bmap2extent +.B bmap2extent Convert block-mapped files to extent-mapped files. .TP -.BI fixes_only +.B fixes_only Only fix damaged metadata; do not optimize htree directories or compress -extent trees. This option is incompatible with the -D and -E bmap2extent +extent trees. This option is incompatible with the \-D and \-E bmap2extent options. .TP -.BI check_encoding +.B check_encoding Force verification of encoded filenames in case-insensitive directories. This is the default mode if the file system has the strict flag enabled. .TP -.BI unshare_blocks +.B unshare_blocks If the file system has shared blocks, with the shared blocks read-only feature enabled, then this will unshare all shared blocks and unset the read-only -feature bit. If there is not enough free space then the operation will fail. +feature bit. +If there is not enough free space then the operation will fail. If the file system does not have the read-only feature bit, but has shared -blocks anyway, then this option will have no effect. Note when using this +blocks anyway, then this option will have no effect. +Note when using this option, if there is no free space to clone blocks, there is no prompt to delete files and instead the operation will fail. .IP -Note that unshare_blocks implies the "-f" option to ensure that all passes -are run. Additionally, if "-n" is also specified, e2fsck will simulate trying -to allocate enough space to deduplicate. If this fails, the exit code will -be non-zero. +Note that unshare_blocks implies the "\-f" option to ensure that all passes +are run. +Additionally, if "\-n" is also specified, e2fsck will simulate trying +to allocate enough space to deduplicate. +If this fails, the exit code will be non-zero. .RE .TP .B \-f @@ -299,7 +308,7 @@ time trials. Set the pathname where the external-journal for this file system can be found. .TP -.BI \-k +.B \-k When combined with the .B \-c option, any existing bad blocks in the bad blocks list are preserved, @@ -318,7 +327,7 @@ of the file system. Hence, .BR badblocks (8) must be given the blocksize of the file system in order to obtain correct results. As a result, it is much simpler and safer to use the -.B -c +.B \-c option to .BR e2fsck , since it will assure that the correct parameters are passed to the @@ -391,7 +400,9 @@ options. .TP .BI \-z " undo_file" Before overwriting a file system block, write the old contents of the block to -an undo file. This undo file can be used with e2undo(8) to restore the old +an undo file. This undo file can be used with +.BR e2undo (8) +to restore the old contents of the file system should something go wrong. If the empty string is passed as the undo_file argument, the undo file will be written to a file named e2fsck-\fIdevice\fR.e2undo in the directory specified via the @@ -403,24 +414,23 @@ The exit code returned by .B e2fsck is the sum of the following conditions: .br -\ 0\ \-\ No errors -.br -\ 1\ \-\ File system errors corrected + 0 \-\ No errors .br -\ 2\ \-\ File system errors corrected, system should + 1 \-\ File system errors corrected .br -\ \ \ \ be rebooted + 2 \-\ File system errors corrected, system should .br -\ 4\ \-\ File system errors left uncorrected + \ \ be rebooted .br -\ 8\ \-\ Operational error + 4 \-\ File system errors left uncorrected .br -\ 16\ \-\ Usage or syntax error + 8 \-\ Operational error .br -\ 32\ \-\ E2fsck canceled by user request + 16 \-\ Usage or syntax error .br -\ 128\ \-\ Shared library error + 32 \-\ E2fsck canceled by user request .br + 128 \-\ Shared library error .SH SIGNALS The following signals have the following effect when sent to .BR e2fsck . @@ -454,7 +464,7 @@ the messages printed by are in English; if your system has been configured so that .BR e2fsck 's -messages have been translated into another language, please set the the +messages have been translated into another language, please set the .B LC_ALL environment variable to .B C @@ -492,7 +502,7 @@ Always include the full version string which displays when it is run, so I know which version you are running. .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP -.BI E2FSCK_CONFIG +.B E2FSCK_CONFIG Determines the location of the configuration file (see .BR e2fsck.conf (5)). .SH AUTHOR |