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[Saint]:

--- Quote from: theunamedguy on July 31, 2014, 05:58:38 PM ---it's
--- Code: ---fsck
--- End code ---
, standing for "filesystem check".

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If you want to be pedantic, and I frequently do, its file system consistency check. ;)


[Saint]

__builtin:

--- Quote from: [Saint] on August 01, 2014, 10:31:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: theunamedguy on July 31, 2014, 05:58:38 PM ---it's
--- Code: ---fsck
--- End code ---
, standing for "filesystem check".

--- End quote ---

If you want to be pedantic, and I frequently do, its file system consistency check. ;)


[Saint]

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Well, thank you for this tidbit of (incorrect) information.  :D
Wikipedia states that it stands for filesystem check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck  ;)

[Saint]:
And we all know that Wikipedia is infallible...right.

Its fairly self explanatory.

You're not checking "the file system", what would that consist of? Seeing if its there, if it exists? We know the file system exists, we don't care about that.
No, you're checking the file system consistency.

Do a little bit more looking around before you decide the first Google query you find that agrees with you is correct.


[Saint]

__builtin:
ArchWiki says so: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck

--- Quote ---fsck stands for "file system check"
--- End quote ---

abbreviations.com says so: http://www.abbreviations.com/serp.php?st=FSCK


--- Quote ---fsck   

file system check
--- End quote ---

A 6-upvoted Stack Overflow answer on the git fsck command:

--- Quote ---It stands for File System ChecK. The name is taken from the Unix fsck command, which is used to validate a file system.

--- End quote ---

The manpage for "fsck" doesn't even have the word "consistency" in it.
I think it stands for "filesystem check"...  ;)

Though you are free to disagree...

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