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The system utility fsck (for "file system check" or "file system consistency check") is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in the Unix system and clones thereof. In computing, a file system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. ...
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A journaling file system is designed such that tools such as fsck do not need to be run as often. The UFS2 Filesystem in FreeBSD has background fsck, so it is usually not necessary to wait for fsck to finish before accessing the disk. A journaling file system is a file system that logs changes to a journal (usually a circular log in a specially-allocated area) before actually writing them to the main file system. ...
UNIX file system (UFS) is a file system used by many unix operating systems. ...
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Generally, fsck is run automatically at boot time when the system detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, indicating a non-graceful shutdown, such as a crash or power loss. Typically, fsck utilities provide options for interactively repairing damaged file systems (the user must decide how to fix specific problems), allowing fsck to decide how to fix specific problems (so the user doesn't have to answer any questions), or reviewing the problems that need to be resolved on a file system without actually fixing them. A crash in computing is a condition where a program (either an application or part of the operating system) stops performing its expected function and also stops responding to other parts of the system. ...
Fsck can also be run manually by the system administrator if he believes there is a problem with the file system. The term system administrator (abbreviation: sysadmin) designates a job position of engineers involved in computer systems. ...
The Microsoft equivalent programs are scandisk and chkdsk. In DOS, chkdsk was used to check file system integrity, but later versions also featured a tool called scandisk for checking disk surface for bad clusters. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me featured a version of scandisk which ran natively in the Windows envionment. The Windows NT series, including NT 4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP all use a modern, updated version of chkdsk which performs both disk surface and file system scanning. Jump to: navigation, search Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worlds largest software company, with global annual sales in the tens of billions of US dollars and nearly 60,000 employees in more than 90 countries. ...
SCANDISK or Scandisk is a command in DOS and Microsoft Windows systems which verifies hard disk or floppy disk for file system integrity. ...
CHKDSK is a command in DOS and Microsoft Windows system which verifies hard disk or floppy disk for file system integrity. ...
The acronym DOS stands for disk operating system, an operating system component for computers that provides the abstraction of a file system resident on hard disk or floppy disk secondary storage. ...
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Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, and was succeeded by Windows 2000 (still based on Windows NT). ...
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Use as profanity
Before the rise of journaling file systems, it was not uncommon for an improperly-shutdown computer's ext2 filesystem to develop a corrupted superblock. This possibly serious problem could only be resolved by running fsck, which could take any where from a few seconds to hours, depending on the volume's size. Because of the severity of fsck not being able to resolve this error, and because of the similarity in spelling, the terms 'fsck' and 'fscked' have come into use among UNIX system administrators as a euphemism of the words fuck and fucked. When one is told to, Go fsck yourself! the meaning implied is to go away, analyze yourself, and fix your problems, mirroring fsck's primary function. A journaling file system is a file system that logs changes to a journal (usually a circular log in a specially-allocated area) before actually writing them to the main file system. ...
The ext2 or second extended file system was the standard file system used on the Linux operating system for a number of years and remains in wide use. ...
A superblock is either of the following: A type of city block that is much larger than a traditional city block; or A feature of the Unix File System. ...
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Pronunciation Like many computer jargon terms, fsck is essentially unpronuncable and so people are forced to improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K", "F-S-check", "fisk", "fizik", "fuss-uck", "F-sick", "F-sock", "F-sek", "fusk", or even "F-suck".
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