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Re: [MiNT] file system check

To: Ingo Schmidt <ich@der-ingo.de>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] file system check
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:46:32 +0200
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Ingo Schmidt <ich@der-ingo.de> writes:

> I have a question on fsck.ext2:
>
> How does it know if the filesystem is clean or not?
>
> I guess htere is some kind of "clean flag".

Right (a flag in the super block).

> Who sets this flag to "clean" and when does this flag get set?

On Linux the kernel clears the dirty flag on mount and sets it again on
unmount.

> What happens at a "sync"? Is the filesystem marked as "clean" after a
> sync or not?

Only an unmounted filesystem is considered clean.

Andreas.

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