jamesoff.net » tip http://jamesoff.net/site you heard Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:39:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Random tip: monitoring progress in fsck http://jamesoff.net/site/2008/02/01/random-tip-monitoring-progress-in-fsck/ http://jamesoff.net/site/2008/02/01/random-tip-monitoring-progress-in-fsck/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:11:13 +0000 jamesoff http://jamesoff.net/site/2008/02/01/random-tip-monitoring-progress-in-fsck/ fsck in Linux has had some kind of progress bar for a while now (at least, last time I used SuSE it did). FreeBSD’s fsck is Too Advanced for such things, and if you’re checking a big disk (like /usr) you can find yourself just sitting there with no idea of what progress it’s making.

Sit no more! Just hit Ctrl-t and fsck will reveal its secrets. (This sends the currently running process a SIGINFO.)

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