svn commit: r266586 - head/sbin/fsck

[Tom Rhodes]

Author: trhodes
Date: Fri May 23 14:32:57 2014
New Revision: 266586
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266586

Log:
  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

Modified:
  head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8

Modified: head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Fri May 23 11:56:32 2014	(r266585)
+++ head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Fri May 23 14:32:57 2014	(r266586)
@@ -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 syst
 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