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e2fsck.conf(5)							e2fsck.conf(5)

NAME
       e2fsck.conf - Configuration file for e2fsck

DESCRIPTION
       e2fsck.conf  is	the configuration file for e2fsck(8).  It controls the
       default parameters used by e2fsck(8) when it is creating ext2  or  ext3
       filesystems.

       The  e2fsck.conf	 file uses an INI-style format.	 Stanzas, or top-level
       sections, are delimited by square braces: [ ].	Within	each  section,
       each  line  defines  a  relation, which assigns tags to values, or to a
       subsection, which contains further relations or subsections.  An	 exam‐
       ple  of	the  INI-style	format used by this configuration file follows
       below:

	    [section1]
		 tag1 = value_a
		 tag1 = value_b
		 tag2 = value_c

	    [section 2]
		 tag3 = {
		      subtag1 = subtag_value_a
		      subtag1 = subtag_value_b
		      subtag2 = subtag_value_c
		 }
		 tag1 = value_d
		 tag2 = value_e
	    }

       Comments are delimited by a semicolon (';') or a hash  ('#')  character
       at  the beginning of the comment, and are terminated by the end of line
       character.

       Tags and values must be quoted using double quotes if they contain spa‐
       ces.   Within  a	 quoted string, the standard backslash interpretations
       apply: "\n" (for the newline character), "\t" (for the tab  character),
       "\b" (for the backspace character), and "\\" (for the backslash charac‐
       ter).

       The following stanzas are used in the e2fsck.conf file.	They  will  be
       described in more detail in future sections of this document.

       [options]
	      This   stanza  contains  general	configuration  parameters  for
	      e2fsck's behavior.  [problems] This stanza allows	 the  adminis‐
	      trator  to  reconfigure  how  e2fsck  handles various filesystem
	      inconsistencies.

THE [options] STANZA
       The following relations are defined in the [options] stanza.

       allow_cancellation
	      If this relation is set to a boolean value of true, then if  the
	      user  interrupts	e2fsck	using  ^C,  and	 the filesystem is not
	      explicitly flagged as containing errors, e2fsck will  exit  with
	      an  exit	status	of  0 instead of 32.  This setting defaults to
	      false.

       defer_check_on_battery
	      This boolean relation  controls  whether	or  not	 the  interval
	      between  filesystem  checks  (either  based on time or number of
	      mounts) should be doubled if the system is running  on  battery.
	      It defaults to true.

THE [problems] STANZA
       Each tag in the [problems] stanza names a problem code specified with a
       leading "0x" followed by six hex digits.	 The value of  the  tag	 is  a
       subsection  where the relations in that subsection override the default
       treatment of that particular problem code.

       Note that inappropriate settings in this stanza	may  cause  e2fsck  to
       behave  incorrectly,  or even crash.  Most system administrators should
       not be making changes to this section without referring to source code.

       Within each problem code's subsection, the following tags may be used:

       description
	      This relation allows the message	which  is  printed  when  this
	      filesystem inconsistency is detected to be overridden.

       preen_ok
	      This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
	      whether this filesystem problem should  be  automatically	 fixed
	      when e2fsck is running in preen mode.

       no_ok  This boolean relation overrides the default behavior determining
	      whether or not the filesystem will be marked as inconsistent  if
	      the user declines to fix the reported problem.

       no_default
	      This  boolean  relation overrides whether the default answer for
	      this problem (or question) should be "no".

       preen_nomessage
	      This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
	      whether  or  not	the  description  for  this filesystem problem
	      should be suppressed when e2fsck is running in preen mode.

       no_nomsg
	      This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
	      whether  or  not	the  description  for  this filesystem problem
	      should be suppressed when e2fsck is run with the -n option.

EXAMPLES
       The following recipe will prevent e2fsck from aborting during the  boot
       process when a filesystem contains orphaned files.  (Of course, this is
       not always a good idea, since critical files that are  needed  for  the
       security	 of  the  system  could	 potentially end up in lost+found, and
       starting the system without first having a system  administrator	 check
       things out may be dangerous.)

	    [problems]
		 0x040002 = {
		      preen_ok = true
		      description = "@u @i %i.	"
		 }

FILES
       /etc/e2fsck.conf
	      The configuration file for e2fsck(8).

SEE ALSO
       e2fsck(8)

E2fsprogs version 1.39		   May 2006			e2fsck.conf(5)
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