Name
fsck_hfs
Synopsis
fsck_hfs -u
fsck_hfs [-d] [-f] [-r] { -q | -p | [-n | -y] } device...Performs consistency checks of HFS and HFS+ volumes, and attempts to fix any inconsistencies found.
Options
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-d Enable debugging output.
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-f Force check even if the volume is marked as clean.
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-n Automatically answer “no” whenever
fsck_hfsasks to resolve an inconsistency.-
-p Run in preening mode, in which only purely innocuous inconsistencies are resolved.
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-q Check the filesystem but don’t resolve any inconsistencies. Return filesystem status of clean, dirty, or failure to standard error.
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-r Cause a rebuild of the volume’s catalog btree to occur.
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-u Print a usage statement to standard output.
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-y Automatically answer “yes” whenever
fsck_hfsasks to resolve an inconsistency.-
device The volume’s device filename, e.g.,
/dev/disk1s2.
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