[systemd-devel] systemd-fsck change fsck arguments to "-a" -> "-y"

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 18.02.13 11:52, Karel Zak (kzak at redhat.com) wrote:

> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:32:46AM +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > > > Hmm, I wonder if -a or -y is the way to go. Karel, as util-linux/fsck
> > > > maintainer, do you have an opinion whether we should use -a or -y for
> > > > automatic, non-interactive fscking? Is -a obsolete and -y the future?
> > > 
> > >  This is gray zone... there is not explicit standard or conclusion
> > >  that -a (or -p) or -y is supported by all fsck.<type> checkers.
> > >  
> > >  Anyway, it seems that -a is supported on more places.
> 
>  I did small investigation and result:
> 
>  extN: -a -y
> 
>  reaiser: -a -y
> 
>  vfat: -a -y
> 
>  minix:  -a
> 
>  cramfs: I'm going to improve fsck.cramfs to accept -a and -y
> 
>  xfs: fsck.xfs is dummy shell script, does nothing, accepts everything:-)
> 
>  btrfs: has --repair, it seems like synonym for -a (I'll ask for more
>         details at btrfs lists)
> 
>  ntfs (-3g): does not support options at all

Definitely sounds like the best to stick to "-a" then in systemd's fsck
invoking tool...

Lennart

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