NAME

checkfsys − check a file system on a disk

SYNOPSIS

The checkfsys command allows the user to check for and optionally repair a damaged file system on a disk. 

DESCRIPTION

The checkfsys command checks and optionally repairs a file system on a disk. 
The user is asked one of the following three functions:

check the file system
No repairs are attempted.

repair it interactively
The user is informed about each instance of damage and asked if it should be repaired.

repair it automatically
The program applies a standard repair to each instance of damage.

The identical function is available under the sysadm menu:

sysadm checkfsys

The command may be assigned a password.  See sysadm(1M), the admpasswd sub-command. 

WARNING

While automatic and interactive checks are generally successful, they can occasionally lose a file or a file’s name.  Files with content but without names are put in the /file-system/lost+found directory. 

If losing data is of particular concern, "check" the file system first to discover if it appears to be damaged.  If it is damaged, use one of the repair mechanisms or the file system debugging utility, fsdb. 

SEE ALSO

fsck(1M), fsdb(1M), makefsys(1M), mountfsys(1M). 
sysadm(1M) in the CX/UX Administrator’s Reference Manual. 

CX/UX Administrator’s Reference