Re: fsck -x fabricating inconsistencies?

["T K Spindler (moof)" <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 09:50:04PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost (Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?=) writes:
> 
> >> That's forcing fsck (fortunately in read-only mode) on a mounted
> >> and possibly active filesystem ?
> >No, it takes a snapshot and operates on that.

fsck_ffs(8) has the -x does the snapshot thing; fsck(8) does not.