<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">revise that: killall - HUP <process name or number><div><br></div><div>-eric</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 26, 2017, at 9:49 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br></div><div>-eric</div><div>from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Technical Services Dept.</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Matthew Crews wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br>A few days ago I started a fsck run on a large hard drive using the command<br><br>$ sudo fsck -vcck /dev/whatever<br><br>I wanted to check the disk for errors. Right now it is several days from finishing.<br><br>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.<br><br>Is it safe to Ctrl+C fsck, or am I screwed regardless?<br><br>See the Arch Wiki for details on the command:<br><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks</a><br><br>-Matt<br><br><br>Sent from <a href="https://protonmail.com/">ProtonMail</a>, Swiss-based encrypted email.<br><br><br><br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></blockquote></div><br></div></div>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>