Reliability of fsck on mounted filesystems

From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 11:35:41 EST


I am aware that fsck cannot update a mounted filesystem. But it can still
report errors.

Doing so gives the message: "Checking a mounted filesystem does not produce
dependable results."

Under what circumstances will fsck produce undependable results? Could it
indicate that there are no errors when in fact there are?

Has anyone actually seen this for themselves?

Simon Green
Philip Morris ITSC Europe

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