[CLUE-Tech] file check other than at boot

[Angelo Bertolli]

Use fsck, but you should unmount the partition which you would like to 
check.  You can remount the partition in read-only mode if need be, but 
I'm not sure if it will allow fsck to actually make any corrections to 
the partition.

Angelo

James LaRue wrote:

> A newbie question. If a Linux box does lock up, and is shut down 
> uncleanly, a reboot offers to do a file check. What is the command to 
> perform the same file integrity check, as root, from a terminal window?
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