Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:03:20 +1000 (EST) From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/127432: [patch] update fsck_ffs(8) man-page with regarding to exit status Message-ID: <20080917040320.9308836E@k7.mavetju> Resent-Message-ID: <200809170410.m8H4A2Xn000522@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 127432
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] update fsck_ffs(8) man-page with regarding to exit status
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 17 04:10:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Edwin Groothuis
>Release: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1 i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD k7.mavetju 7.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1 #2: Wed May 28 08:12:56 EST 2008 edwin@k7.mavetju:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/k7 i386
>Description:
While looking for a way to find out if a file system is clean (before
mounting it), I noticed it wasn't documented in the man-page.
EXIT STATUS
The fsck_ffs utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
If the option -F is used, fsck_ffs exits 7 if the file system is clean.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: fsck_ffs.8
===================================================================
--- fsck_ffs.8 (revision 183065)
+++ fsck_ffs.8 (working copy)
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
+.Pp
+If the option
+.Fl F
+is used,
+.Nm
+exits 7 if the file system is clean.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The diagnostics produced by
.Nm
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