yes, it will finish up what it is doing that second and quit per Control-C. also, a kill -HUP fsck.<fs here> should also safely cause it to quit gracefully.
-eric from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Technical Services Dept. On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > > A few days ago I started a fsck run on a large hard drive using the command > > $ sudo fsck -vcck /dev/whatever > > I wanted to check the disk for errors. Right now it is several days from > finishing. > > Unfortunately, SRP is planning on a power outage in the next few weeks, and I > WILL lose electrical power to the device when it happens. > > Is it safe to Ctrl+C fsck, or am I screwed regardless? > > See the Arch Wiki for details on the command: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks > > -Matt > > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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