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| author | jkar8572 <jkar8572> | 2001-09-04 16:21:58 +0000 |
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| committer | jkar8572 <jkar8572> | 2001-09-04 16:21:58 +0000 |
| commit | c0144017620cbee64a818ede2ea7d23d04aaff56 (patch) | |
| tree | af0a2b7a4da253dca12865dd74f114a3b21ba885 /quotacheck.8 | |
| parent | 5cf36f5e002247effba3cf51a77e1d3f23c35a7b (diff) | |
quotacheck(8) now creates backup quotafiles only when -b specified (Preston Brown)
Fixed bug in parsing of passed mountpoints (reported by Preston Brown)
More verbose output of quotaon (Preston Brown)
quotacheck(8) now automatically chooses vfsv0 quota format when no quota files are found and special filenames are not specified.
Diffstat (limited to 'quotacheck.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | quotacheck.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/quotacheck.8 b/quotacheck.8 index 7c5f5b2..1fe707b 100644 --- a/quotacheck.8 +++ b/quotacheck.8 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ quotacheck \- scan a filesystem for disk usage, create, check and repair quota f .SH SYNOPSIS .B quotacheck [ -.B \-gucfinvdMmR +.B \-gubcfinvdMmR ] [ .B \-F .I quota-format @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ examines each filesystem, builds a table of current disk usage, and compares this table against that recorded in the disk quota file for the filesystem (this step is ommitted if option .B -c -is specified). If any inconsistencies are detected, both the quota file +is specified). If any inconsistencies are detected, both the quota file and the current system copy of the incorrect quotas are updated (the -latter only occurs if an active filesystem is checked). By default, -only user quotas are checked. +latter only occurs if an active filesystem is checked which is not advised). +By default, only user quotas are checked. .B quotacheck expects each filesystem to be checked to have quota files named .I [a]quota.user @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ ignore the failure to remount the filesystem read-only with option .BR \-M . .SH OPTIONS .TP +.B \-b +Forces +.B quotacheck +to make backups of the quota file before writing the new data. +.TP .B \-v .B quotacheck reports its operation as it progresses. Normally it operates silently. @@ -91,6 +96,8 @@ or on the filesystems specified are to be checked. .TP .B \-c Don't read existing quota files. Just perform a new scan and save it to disk. +.B quotacheck +also skips scanning of old quota files when they are not found. .TP .B \-f Forces checking of filesystems with quotas enabled. This is not @@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ exits or asks user for input. When this option is set, the first entry found is always used (this option works in interactive mode too). .TP .B \-F \f2format-name\f1 -Check quota quota for specified format (ie. don't perform format +Check quota for specified format (ie. don't perform format auto-detection). This is recommended as detection might not work well on corrupted quota files. Possible format names are: .B vfsold |