revise that: killall - HUP -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. 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