xfs_repair is recommended over xfs_check.

I see "use xfs_repair instead of xfs_check" hint on xfs@irc, mailing
lists and other places but the first source of information (xfs_check
man page) doesn't mention this. Improve that.

Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_check.8 b/man/man8/xfs_check.8
index 33c389487fe2d06d23942e289e5e7afb14421366..620d0fc945ad24bf8803e07d16f68a7d4a9866b0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man8/xfs_check.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_check.8
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ flag. The filesystem should normally be unmounted or read-only
 during the execution of
 .BR xfs_check .
 Otherwise, spurious problems are reported.
+.PP
+Note that using
+.B xfs_check
+is NOT recommended. Please use 
+.BR xfs_repair " " \-n
+instead, for better scalability and speed.
 .SH
 OPTIONS
 .TP