E2FSCK(8)

NAME
e2fsck - check a Linux second extended file system

SYNOPSIS
e2fsck [ -acdflmrstv ] [ -b filename ] device

DESCRIPTION
e2fsck is used to check a Linux second extended file system.
device is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdXX).

OPTIONS

-a  Automatically repair the file system without any questions (use this option with caution).

-b filename
    Read the bad blocks list from filename.

-c  Check the file system for bad blocks.

-d  Print debugging output (useless unless you want to find a bug in e2fsck ).

-f  Force checking even if the file system seems clean.

-l  List all the file names in the file system.

-m  Checks that the device is not mounted.

-r  Interactively repair the file system (ask for confirmations).

-s  List the super block before checking the file system.

-t  Check the file system for bad blocks.

-v  Verbose mode.

AUTHOR
e2fsck is based on efsck(8) which is based itself on fsck(8) written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi> for the minix file system.
Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr> has adapted it for the second extended file system and is maintaining it.
Wayne Davison <davison@borland.com> has contributed lots of nice features.

BUGS
The lost+found management has not been tested.
e2fsck cannot repair corrupted super block or block descriptors yet.
Please report other bugs to the author.

AVAILABILITY
e2fsck is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ibp.fr (132.227.60.2) in /pub/linux/BETA/ext2fs.

SEE ALSO
mke2fs(8)