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dosfstools consists of the programs mkfs.fat, fsck.fat and fatlabel to create, check and label file systems of the FAT family.
Would there be any interest in having fsck.fat be able to optimize directories, i.e. remove deleted filenames and reset the "last entry" record? I can't find any tools which can...
The mkfs.fat --volume-id argument is currently a 32-bit hex number, but the Linux lsblk and mount commands use a dash in the middle of the (UUID - as they call...
According to e2fsprogs man page: -q Quiet execution. Useful if mke2fs is run in a script.
Excerpt from `fsck(8)`: ``` The exit code returned by fsck is the sum of the following conditions: 0 No errors 1 Filesystem errors corrected 2 System should be rebooted 4...
Nokia for Maemo N900 device heavily patched dosfstools package, but IIRC their changes were never send to upstream. Just to not loose their changes forever I'm sending link to patch...
Hi. I try to repair filesystem on my SD card. I have a .JPG file which recognized as directory with infinity content. Full paht is: `/DCIM/170_1308/i├R6&4v.JPG` Auto-rename don't performed and...
`fsck.vfat` should perhaps return non-zero exit code in this case? ``` Starting check/repair pass. FATs differ but appear to be intact.1) Use first FAT 2) Use second FAT [12?q]? q...
Changes in v2: - Add a second patch that adds the -F option to _not_ salvage files even if -a is given. Turns out that salvaging files allocates another `total_cluster_bytes*sizeof(uint32_t)`,...
Recently I learned there is a special tool made by the SD Association that optimally formats SD cards to maximize their performance. The problems with this are that its not...
Disable echo only when reading a single char input. With this setup it is closer to fsck.ext4 behavior and CTRL+C during input does not leave the terminal in echo off...
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dosfstools consists of the programs mkfs.fat, fsck.fat and fatlabel to create, check and label file systems of the FAT family.