July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Linux
Commands
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Options
-d, --debug
Don’t remove temporary files.
-f, --force
Remake all configure scripts, even when newer than their
template files.
-h, --help
Print help message, then exit.
-v, --verbose
Verbosely print information about the progress of autoupdate.
-I dir, --include=dir
Search in directory dir for input files.
-V, --version
Print version number, then exit.
badblocks
badblocks [options] device block-count
System administration command. Search device for bad blocks.
You must specify the number of blocks on the device (block-count).
e2fsck and mke2fs will invoke badblocks automatically when
given the -c option.
Options
-b blocksize
Expect blocksize-byte blocks.
-c blocksize
Test blocksize-byte blocks at a time. Default is 16.
-f Force a read/write or nondestructive write test on a mounted
device. Use only when /etc/mtab incorrectly reports a device as
mounted.
-i file
Skip test of known bad blocks listed in file.
-n Perform a nondestructive test by writing to each block and
then reading back from it while preserving data.
-o file
Direct output to file.
-p number
Repeat search of device until no new bad blocks have been
found in number passes. Default is 0.
-s Show block numbers as they are checked.
-t pattern
Test blocks by reading and writing the specified pattern. You
may specify ...
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