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authorTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2014-05-23 14:32:57 +0000
committerTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2014-05-23 14:32:57 +0000
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If called without -T or -t, fsck attempts to detect the
file system type. If this fails, fsck will fail with "unknown file system type" message. PR: 188214
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=266586
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diff --git a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
index 3fa113afe0c7..5d2a019ddbfc 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
+++ b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 25, 2009
+.Dd May 23, 2014
.Dt FSCK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ The disk drive containing each file system is inferred from the shortest prefix
of the device name that ends in a digit; the remaining characters are assumed
to be the partition and slice designators.
.Pp
+If the
+.Fl t
+or
+.Fl T
+flags are not specified,
+.Nm
+will attempt to determine the file system type and call the
+appropriated file system check utility.
+Failure to detect the file system type will cause
+.Nm
+to fail with a message that the partition has an unknown file system type.
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl C