Killing fsck safely?

[Eric Oyen]

revise that: killall - HUP <process name or number>

-eric

On Nov 26, 2017, at 9:49 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:

> yes, it will finish up what it is doing that second and quit per Control-C. also, a kill -HUP fsck.<fs here> should also safely cause it to quit gracefully.
> 
> -eric
> from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Technical Services Dept.
> 
> On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Matthew Crews wrote:
> 
>> 
>> A few days ago I started a fsck run on a large hard drive using the command
>> 
>> $ sudo fsck -vcck /dev/whatever
>> 
>> I wanted to check the disk for errors. Right now it is several days from finishing.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, SRP is planning on a power outage in the next few weeks, and I WILL lose electrical power to the device when it happens.
>> 
>> Is it safe to Ctrl+C fsck, or am I screwed regardless?
>> 
>> See the Arch Wiki for details on the command:
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks
>> 
>> -Matt
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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