[PATCH] xfs_repair is recommended over xfs_check.
Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
arekm at maven.pl
Mon Nov 21 14:49:37 CST 2011
I see "use xfs_repair instead of xfs_check" hint on xfs at irc, mailing
lists and other places but the first source of information (xfs_check
man page) doesn't mention this. Improve that.
Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>
---
man/man8/xfs_check.8 | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_check.8 b/man/man8/xfs_check.8
index 33c3894..620d0fc 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_check.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_check.8
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ flag. The filesystem should normally be unmounted or read-only
during the execution of
.BR xfs_check .
Otherwise, spurious problems are reported.
+.PP
+Note that using
+.B xfs_check
+is NOT recommended. Please use
+.BR xfs_repair " " \-n
+instead, for better scalability and speed.
.SH
OPTIONS
.TP
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1.7.7.3
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