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22 <refentry id="systemd-fsckd.service" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
23
24 <refentryinfo>
25 <title>systemd-fsckd.service</title>
26 <productname>systemd</productname>
27
28 <authorgroup>
29 <author>
30 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
31 <firstname>Didier</firstname>
32 <surname>Roche</surname>
33 <email>didrocks@ubuntu.com</email>
34 </author>
35 </authorgroup>
36 </refentryinfo>
37
38 <refmeta>
39 <refentrytitle>systemd-fsckd.service</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
41 </refmeta>
42
43 <refnamediv>
44 <refname>systemd-fsckd.service</refname>
45 <refname>systemd-fsckd.socket</refname>
46 <refname>systemd-fsckd</refname>
47 <refpurpose>File system check progress reporting</refpurpose>
48 </refnamediv>
49
50 <refsynopsisdiv>
51 <para><filename>systemd-fsckd.service</filename></para>
52 <para><filename>systemd-fsckd.socket</filename></para>
53 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-fsckd</filename></para>
54 </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56 <refsect1>
57 <title>Description</title>
58
59 <para><filename>systemd-fsckd.service</filename> is a service responsible
60 for receiving file system check progress, and communicating some
61 consolidated data to console and plymouth (if running). It also handles
62 possible check cancellations.</para>
63
64 <para><command>systemd-fsckd</command> receives messages about file
65 system check progress from <command>systemd-fsck</command> through a
66 UNIX domain socket. It can display the progress of the least advanced
67 fsck as well as the total number of devices being checked in parallel
68 to the console. It will also send progress messages to plymouth.
69 Both the raw data and translated messages are sent, so compiled
70 plymouth themes can use the raw data to display custom messages, and
71 scripted themes, not supporting i18n, can display the translated
72 versions.</para>
73
74 <para><command>systemd-fsckd</command> will instruct plymouth to grab
75 Control+C keypresses. When the key is pressed, running checks will be
76 terminated. It will also cancel any newly connected fsck instances for
77 the lifetime of <filename>systemd-fsckd</filename>.</para>
78 </refsect1>
79
80 <refsect1>
81 <title>Protocol for communication with plymouth</title>
82
83 <para><filename>systemd-fsckd</filename> passes the
84 following messages to the theme:</para>
85
86 <para>Progress update, sent as a plymouth update message:
87 <literal>fsckd:&lt;num_devices&gt;:&lt;progress&gt;:&lt;string&gt;</literal>
88 <variablelist>
89 <varlistentry>
90 <term><literal>&lt;num_devices&gt;</literal></term>
91 <listitem><para>the current number of devices
92 being checked (int)</para></listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94 <varlistentry>
95 <term><literal>&lt;progress&gt;</literal></term>
96 <listitem><para>the current minimum percentage of
97 all devices being checking (float, from 0 to 100)</para></listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><literal>&lt;string&gt;</literal></term>
101 <listitem><para>a translated message ready to be displayed
102 by the plymouth theme displaying the data above. It can be overriden
103 by themes supporting i18n.</para></listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105 </variablelist>
106 </para>
107
108 <para>Cancel message, sent as a traditional plymouth message:
109 <literal>fsckd-cancel-msg:&lt;string&gt;</literal>
110 <variablelist>
111 <varlistentry>
112 <term><literal>&lt;strings&gt;</literal></term>
113 <listitem><para>a translated string ready to be displayed
114 by the plymouth theme indicating that Control+C can be used to cancel
115 current checks. It can be overriden (matching only
116 <literal>fsckd-cancel-msg</literal> prefix)
117 by themes supporting i18n.</para></listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
119 </variablelist>
120 </para>
121 </refsect1>
122
123 <refsect1>
124 <title>Options</title>
125
126 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
127
128 <variablelist>
129 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
130 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
131 </variablelist>
132
133 </refsect1>
134
135 <refsect1>
136 <title>Exit status</title>
137
138 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
139 code otherwise. Note that the daemon stays idle for
140 a while to accept new <filename>systemd-fsck</filename>
141 connections before exiting.</para>
142 </refsect1>
143
144 <refsect1>
145 <title>See Also</title>
146 <para>
147 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
148 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
149 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
150 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
151 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
152 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.cramfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
153 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.ext4</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
154 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.fat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
155 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.hfsplus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
156 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.minix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
157 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.ntfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
158 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fsck.xfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
159 </para>
160 </refsect1>
161
162 </refentry>