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1.1       root        1: .TH QUOTACHECK 8  "18 July 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: quotacheck \- file system quota consistency checker
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/quotacheck
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-v
                      9: ]
                     10: filesystem...
                     11: .br
                     12: .B /etc/quotacheck
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-v
                     15: ]
                     16: .B \-a
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: .I Quotacheck
                     19: examines each file system,
                     20: builds a table of current disc usage,
                     21: and compares this table against that stored
                     22: in the disc quota file for the file system.
                     23: If any inconsistencies are detected, both the
                     24: quota file and the current system copy of the
                     25: incorrect quotas are updated (the latter only
                     26: occurs if an active file system is checked).
                     27: .PP
                     28: If the
                     29: .B \-a
                     30: flag is supplied in place of any file system
                     31: names,
                     32: .I quotacheck
                     33: will check all the file systems indicated in
                     34: .I /etc/fstab
                     35: to be read-write with disc quotas.
                     36: .PP
                     37: Normally
                     38: .I quotacheck
                     39: reports only those quotas modified.  If the
                     40: .B \-v
                     41: option is supplied,
                     42: .I quotacheck
                     43: will indicate the calculated disc quotas for each
                     44: user on a particular file system.
                     45: .PP
                     46: .I Quotacheck
                     47: expects each file system to be checked to have a
                     48: quota file named
                     49: .I quotas
                     50: in the root directory.  If none is present, 
                     51: .I quotacheck
                     52: will ignore the file system.
                     53: .PP
                     54: .I Quotacheck 
                     55: is normally run at boot time from the
                     56: .I /etc/rc.local
                     57: file, see
                     58: .IR rc (8),
                     59: before enabling disc quotas with
                     60: .IR quotaon (8).
                     61: .PP
                     62: .I Quotacheck
                     63: accesses the raw device in calculating the actual
                     64: disc usage for each user.  Thus, the file systems
                     65: checked should be quiescent while
                     66: .I quotacheck
                     67: is running.
                     68: .SH FILES
                     69: .DT
                     70: /etc/fstab     default file systems
                     71: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     72: quota(2), setquota(2), quotaon(8)

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