Appreciate it, I'm glad that a Control-C will allow a graceful exit. Cheers, -Matt ​Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. ​ >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: Killing fsck safely? >Local Time: November 26, 2017 9:49 PM >UTC Time: November 27, 2017 4:49 AM >From: eric.oyen@icloud.com >To: Matthew Crews , Main PLUG discussion list > >yes, it will finish up what it is doing that second and quit per Control-C. also, a kill -HUP fsck. 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 >> >> >>Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss