Title: FSCK Author: Sergio Monesi Version: 1.31 Title From: Documentation Author From: Documentation Version From: Documentation Supplier: Sergio Monesi (pel0015@cdc8g5.cdc.polimi.it) Date: 22/12/96 Keywords: Disk managers Shareware: Yes Machine: Archimedes Operating system: RISCOS Memory requirements: Peripherals needed: Other s/ware needed: Directory: micros/arch/riscos/c015 Date mounted/updated: 08/01/97 File names: fsck.arc Unarchived files: 13 Unarchived size: 147 kbytes Omissions: See also: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acquiring the package: Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info). Description: Fsck is a disc utility that tries to fix the map of an E-Format disc (hard or floppy) if it is corrupted for some obscure reason. fsck can also report some information on the way the files are allocated (such as the bytes lost because of sectors boundaries) and eventually print a detailed description of the map and directory organization. fsck can also be considered as a replacement of the *CheckMap command because it is faster, less prone to crash and can give useful information on the files allocation. HardFix is a disc utility that fixes the errors that can affect the boot block, the 2 copies of the map and the root directory without having to scan the whole directory tree. These sort of errors generally make the disc un-readable or un-writable! hardfix can also be used to write the bootblock, map and root directory to a file, so that you can always try to restore them in case they are totally damaged (ie. absolutely unfixable). Eliminate is a disc utility that eliminates a file from the directory but not from the disc map. This means that the disc space used by the file is lost (you should recover it using fsck). eliminate can effectively be useful only to remove the files that cannot be deleted in the usual way by RISC OS (for example a broken directory).