Re: [PATCH] xfs_repair is recommended over xfs_check.

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/21/11 6:23 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:53:16AM +1300, Richard Scobie wrote:
>> Is there currently now any situation where xfs_check would be used
>> in preference to xfs_repair?
>>
>> If not, perhaps xfs_check could be deprecated.
> 
> xfs_check is one of the ways we test that xfs_repair is doing the
> right thing. Having two implementation that you can use to compare
> results is a good thing.....

What about for end users though?  I'm not sure there's much need
for end users to be comparing xfs_check against xfs_repair in general,
anyway ...

Often enough I see users using xfs_check just because it's there,
and running into trouble... it seems reasonable to warn the
casual user against it, or at least recommend xfs_repair -n
instead.  What do you think?

-Eric

> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.