Re: Killing fsck safely?

Top Page
Attachments:
Message as email
+ (text/plain)
+ (text/html)
+ (text/plain)
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Eric Oyen
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Killing fsck safely?
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
>>
>>
>> Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss


---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss