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What is the difference between -a and -y parameters of linux fsck? man page does not show me the difference.


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man e2fsck

was more explanatory.

-a : will do noninteractive fsck. however it may encounter some errors that requires user intervention and exits with a value more then 2. The admin should run and correct the error

-y : will do interactive fsck but with "yes" for all questions. This is like a noninteractive fsck in this manner. however it will correct all errors.

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