From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 18:33:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6E2106566C; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mckusick@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B608FC13; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6MIXAqN027354; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:10 GMT (envelope-from mckusick@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from mckusick@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o6MIXAQH027353; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:10 GMT (envelope-from mckusick@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201007221833.o6MIXAQH027353@svn.freebsd.org> From: Kirk McKusick Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:10 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r210382 - head/sbin/fsck X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:11 -0000 Author: mckusick Date: Thu Jul 22 18:33:10 2010 New Revision: 210382 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/210382 Log: Note that foreground fsck should be run after a filesystem related panic. Suggested by: Mikhail Teterin (mi@) MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Modified: head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Thu Jul 22 17:35:36 2010 (r210381) +++ head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 Thu Jul 22 18:33:10 2010 (r210382) @@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ so the check program is invoked with the flag to indicate that a check on the active file system should be done. When running in background mode, only one file system at a time will be checked. +Note that background +.Nm +is limited to checking for only the most commonly occuring +file system abnormalities. +Under certain circumstances, +some errors can escape background +.Nm . +It is recommended that you perform foreground +.Nm +on your systems periodically and whenever you encounter +file-system\-related panics. .It Fl t Ar fstype Invoke .Nm