Timeline for What does a file system scan really do?
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| Dec 22, 2013 at 11:05 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Copy edited. Added some context.
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| Jan 9, 2013 at 19:28 | vote | accept | Mike | ||
| Jan 9, 2013 at 19:02 | comment | added | Celada | Different filesystems are different. ZFS is an example of a filesystem that does indeed verify and repair the filesystem online while it is mounted; it calls this scrubbing. | |
| Jan 9, 2013 at 17:18 | comment | added | Natalie Adams | I don't know if I agree with this. For example - when you run fsck it attempts to repair nodes and fix missing/deleted files. I don't think these things can happen while the FS is mounted. | |
| Jan 9, 2013 at 16:37 | history | answered | Celada | CC BY-SA 3.0 |