On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Tom Mitchell wrote: > > Q: How to force a check of the file systems? > > A: If the file "/forcefsck" exists a file system consistency check > (fsck) will be forced at the next boot up. > > The command line commands look like: > > touch /forcefsck > reboot > I don't know if reboot is a link to shutdown on your system or not. On mine, it is a link to halt. A much safer approach is to use the command: #shutdown now -r to reboot the machine. The halt command does an immediate er, "halt" (for lack of a better word) of the system. The shutdown command stops processes and brings the system down in an orderly fashion. Mark -- Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "Hello. Can we pick your nose?"
