dmsdosfsck(8)

📦 version 2021-02, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so bestie, this is dmsdosfsck(8) — the dmsdos filesystem checker. No cap, that's the whole vibe: it checks stuff. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dmsdosfsck [-aflrtvVw] [-d path -d ...] [-u path -u ...] filename

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So like, dmsdosfsck checks the CVF located in filename for errors and optionally tries to repair errors. It is command-line compatible with dosfsck(8) — iconic compatibility behavior, fr fr. 🫶

Here are the options, bestie:

  • -a — automatically repair the file system ✨
  • -d path — (*) drop that file 🙈
  • -f — (*) salvage unused chains to files 🔥
  • -l — list path names 👑
  • -r — interactively repair the file system 💬
  • -t — (*) test for bad clusters 🧚
  • -u path — (*) try to undelete that (non-directory) file 🦋
  • -v — verbose mode 🗣️
  • -V — (*) perform a verification pass ⭐
  • -w — (*) write changes to disk immediately 💾
(*) means not yet implemented but option accepted for dosfsck compatibility. The option is literally there, it's just not doing the thing yet — iykyk. 💀

😭 BUGS 😭

dmsdosfsck is not yet complete. Be extremely careful with repairs. Like, for real, be careful.

It is strongly recommended to let only the native CVF management tools that came with your CVF software package do any repairs. Use dmsdosfsck only to check — which is a read-only operation. 🚨

So yeah: checking = safe vibe; repairing = proceed with caution energy. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Refer to the dmsdos main documentation for further information. That's the whole see-also moment, bestie. 🎀

dmsdos 0.9.1.3 · 16 Jun 1998 — bye bestie, stay safe and check those CVFs! 💖👑

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