I checked both fsck and fsck_ffs man page, and don't see anything in either ... is there some way I can check if a file system is actually 'clean', without running fsck? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
Marc G. Fournier wrote:> I checked both fsck and fsck_ffs man page, and don't see anything in > either ... is there some way I can check if a file system is actually > 'clean', without running fsck?Google Groups revealed the following: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-June/008898.html [root@optimator:~] $ dumpfs /usr | grep clean cgrotor 512 fmod 0 ronly 0 clean 0 [root@optimator:~] $ Using dumpfs(8) for this purpose is a little like using a jackhammer to drive a nail into drywall; it Gets The Job Done but there sure is a lot of noise and heavy lifting... :) -Jonathan
On Sep 10, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:> I checked both fsck and fsck_ffs man page, and don't see anything > in either ... is there some way I can check if a file system is > actually 'clean', without running fsck?run dump? not sure how picky that is.