What is the difference between fsck and e2fsck?
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What is the difference between the linux disk error-checking tools fsck and e2fsck?
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fsck is just the original name. When they came out with new file systems they would need a specific tool for each one, efsck for ext, e2fsck for ext2, dosfsck, fsckvfat. So they made fsck the front end that just calls whichever is the appropriate to…
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