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Kowalski +.AI +Bell Laboratories +Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 +.AB +.FS +\(dgUNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories. +.FE +.FS +This work was done under grants from +the National Science Foundation under grant MCS80-05144, +and the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DoD) under +Arpa Order No. 4031 monitored by Naval Electronic System Command under +Contract No. N00039-82-C-0235. +.FE +This document reflects the use of +.I fsck +with the 4.2BSD and 4.3BSD file system organization. This +is a revision of the +original paper written by +T. J. Kowalski. +.PP +File System Check Program (\fIfsck\fR) +is an interactive file system check and repair program. +.I Fsck +uses the redundant structural information in the +UNIX file system to perform several consistency checks. +If an inconsistency is detected, it is reported +to the operator, who may elect to fix or ignore +each inconsistency. +These inconsistencies result from the permanent interruption +of the file system updates, which are performed every +time a file is modified. +Unless there has been a hardware failure, +.I fsck +is able to repair corrupted file systems +using procedures based upon the order in which UNIX honors +these file system update requests. +.PP +The purpose of this document is to describe the normal updating +of the file system, +to discuss the possible causes of file system corruption, +and to present the corrective actions implemented +by +.I fsck. +Both the program and the interaction between the +program and the operator are described. +.sp 2 +.LP +Revised July 16, 1985 +.AE +.LP +.bp +.ce +.B "TABLE OF CONTENTS" +.LP +.sp 1 +.nf +.B "1. Introduction" +.LP +.sp .5v +.nf +.B "2. Overview of the file system +2.1. Superblock +2.2. Summary Information +2.3. Cylinder groups +2.4. Fragments +2.5. Updates to the file system +.LP +.sp .5v +.nf +.B "3. Fixing corrupted file systems +3.1. Detecting and correcting corruption +3.2. Super block checking +3.3. Free block checking +3.4. Checking the inode state +3.5. Inode links +3.6. Inode data size +3.7. Checking the data associated with an inode +3.8. File system connectivity +.LP +.sp .5v +.nf +.B Acknowledgements +.LP +.sp .5v +.nf +.B References +.LP +.sp .5v +.nf +.B "4. Appendix A +4.1. Conventions +4.2. Initialization +4.3. Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes +4.4. Phase 1b - Rescan for more Dups +4.5. Phase 2 - Check Pathnames +4.6. Phase 3 - Check Connectivity +4.7. Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts +4.8. Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups +4.9. Cleanup +.ds RH Introduction +.bp |