From e7ff892f3f9fd030e660c07dbf383e55050f404b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfram Schneider Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 10:03:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] explain ``fsck -f'' more in detail PR: 223491 Approved by: mckusick, 0mp, imp Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19437 --- sbin/fsck/fsck.8 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 index 578817c4ddd1..48bed813ba9d 100644 --- a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 +++ b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 5, 2016 +.Dd March 5, 2019 .Dt FSCK 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ only if .Nm is compiled to support it. .It Fl f -Force checking of file systems, even when they are marked clean (for file systems -that support this). +Force checking of file systems. +Running +.Dq Li fsck -f +ignores the journal and does a full +consistency check of the disk so will find and fix the errors about which the +journal is unaware. .It Fl n Causes .Nm