From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 10 20:42:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F9316A417 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from smtp102.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73E2543D5C for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:42:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: (qmail 57899 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2006 20:42:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noackjr@supercrime.org@24.99.22.177 with login) by smtp102.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2006 20:42:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34AFC61FA; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:43:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at noacks.org Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AGxSyFCnu59a; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:42:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D25AD61CE; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:42:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <450478C8.4000504@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:42:48 -0400 From: Jonathan Noack User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20060910164158.C1031@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060910164158.C1031@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: check if file system is clean ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:42:59 -0000 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