sun-lamp CVS commits

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cgd
Tue Jul 11 21:49:26 EDT 1995
Update of /a/cvsroot/src/sbin/fsck
In directory pain.lcs.mit.edu:/b/tmp/cvs-serv227

Modified Files:
        fsck.8 main.c setup.c 
Log Message:
implement a 'force check' flag, '-f'.  I used the SunOS name, but the Digital
semantics.  now:
        (1) dirty file systems will always be checked; nothing new there.
        (2) if not '-f' clean file systems will _NEVER_ be checked, 
                i.e. they won't be checked even if -p isn't specified.  This
                allows one to 'fsck -p ; fsck' to preen, then clean up
                anything that 'fsck -p' barfs on, without waiting for the
                clean file systems to be checked again.
        (3) if '-f' clean file systems will ALWAYS be checked.  This
                allows people to put 'fsck -fp' into /etc/rc on systems
                where they're leery of the FS clean flag state, need
                the extra reliability, and can afford time 'wasted'
                in checks.
The assumption made here is that if a file system is marked clean, it
_IS CLEAN_, really, and shouldn't be checked unless fsck is explicitly
told to (with -f).  This should be a valid assumption, but may not be in
the presence of file system bugs.  Documentation updated to note '-f'.