CKDISK
Section: Linux System Manager's Manual (8)
Updated: 2005-07-22
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NAME
ckdisk - check drive by writing and reading special patterns
SYNOPSIS
ckdisk
[-hvwV]
[-s size]
device
DESCRIPTION
Ckdisk
checks a disk drive
device
for addressing problems by writing a special pattern to it and
verifying the data afterwards. In contrast to
badblocks,
ckdisk
uses a single pattern block of
size
ascending bytes starting with zero.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
display some helpful information on stdout
and exit successfully
- -s size
-
set blocksize to
size
bytes (default is 801)
- -v
-
raise verbosity level on stderr by one
(maximum 1)
- -V
-
display version and compilation info on stdout
and exit successfully
- -w
-
write to
device
(default is read/verify)
RETURN VALUE
On success, 0 is returned. On error, a value >0 is returned.
ERRORS
- 1
-
program terminated due to signal SIGINT
- 2
-
not enough memory available
- 3
-
verification was unsuccessful
- 4
-
a program bug has seen the light
- 5
-
the error is different from those explained above
AUTHOR
Steffen Solyga <solyga@absinth.net>
SEE ALSO
badblocks(8)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- AUTHOR
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- SEE ALSO
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