Hans Reiser wrote: >Oleg Drokin wrote:
>>Hello! >> >>On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:42:48PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: >> >> >> >>>>>Second, what is the option to keep fsck from prompting for 'Yes' when >>>>>running. I need to exec this without additional input. Seems like quiet >>>>>should do it, but it doesn't. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Hans has a decision that this should not be done for now because >>>>reiserfsprogs are in active bugfixing stage. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>? >>>I don't understand this.:-/ >>> >>> >> >>You have said "We do not trust reiserfsck to be run automatically without >>user confirmation" >> >>Bye, >> Oleg >> >> >Ah, now I remember the conversation. Yes, if we put the option in, >someone will get the bright idea to run it at every boot (and they might >be a distro or appliance vendor:-/), and fsck is not as reliable as >journaling so this should not be done. >So, why do you want to exec it without additional input? Because I have already prompted for input from the EVMS interface. The FSIMs in EVMS provide for EVMS to coordinate actions with the file systems such are shrinking the filesystem before shrinking the volume. We also provide interfaces for mkfs, fsck and defrag (if supported by the file system). So the FSIM prompts for all of the options to be passed to the file system utility and then invokes it. In the case of fsck I have already prompted for all the options and the user is explicitly asking for fsck on this volume. Since the prompt is output on stdout it may not be visible to a GUI user. Steve Hans
