Online filesystem check

Oliver Hookins oliver.hookins at anchor.com.au
Mon Nov 20 06:51:41 UTC 2006


On Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 10:35:09 +0530, Saswat Praharaj wrote:
>If you are talking about checking filesystem from the web , then it should
>be straight forward.
>You need to write a simple web server (free C source should be available in
>the net).
>
>On "check file system" event, just invoke e2fsck and return the status to
>browser.
>You need to write an IPC to communicate between your webserver and e2fsck.
>
>Best,
>-Saswat

Sorry maybe you misunderstand. By "online" I am referring to "while the ext3
filesystem is mounted r/w".

>
>On 11/16/06, Oliver Hookins <oliver.hookins at anchor.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>a while ago one of my work colleagues attended a seminar with Ted Tso, and
>>at the time Ted was talking about a way to perform online ext3 filesystem
>>checks. I can't find any information on it by googling, is it implemented
>>in
>>current versions of the filesystem utilities? Either way, does anyone know
>>where I can find more information on it?
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Oliver Hookins
>>Anchor Systems
>>
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Regards,
Oliver Hookins
Anchor Systems




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