# e2scrub - check the contents of a mounted ext[234] file system - man(8) - [phpMan]

[_E2SCRUB_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/E2SCRUB/8/markdown)                             System Manager's Manual                            [_E2SCRUB_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/E2SCRUB/8/markdown)

## NAME
       e2scrub - check the contents of a mounted ext[234] file system

## SYNOPSIS
### e2scrub [OPTION] MOUNTPOINT | DEVICE

## DESCRIPTION
       **e2scrub  **attempts to check (but not repair) all metadata in a mounted ext[234] file system if
       the file system resides on an LVM logical volume.  The block device of the LVM logical volume
       can also be passed in.

       This program snapshots the volume and runs a file system check on the snapshot  to  look  for
       corruption  errors.   The  LVM volume group must have at least 256MiB of unallocated space to
       dedicate to the snapshot or the logical volume will be skipped.  The snapshot will  be  named
       _lvname_.e2scrub  and **udev **will not create symbolic links to it under _/dev/disk_.  Every attempt
       will be made to remove the snapshots prior to running **e2scrub**, but in a dire situation it may
       be necessary to remove the snapshot manually.

       If no errors are found, **fstrim **can be called on the file system if it is mounted.  If  errors
       are  found, the file system will be marked as having errors.  The file system should be taken
       offline and **e2fsck **run as soon as possible, because **e2scrub **does not fix corruptions.  If the
       file system is not repaired, **e2fsck **will be run before the next mount.

## OPTIONS
### -n     
              mands will not actually be executed; however, since **e2scrub **needs to run some commands
              to query the system to determine what commands would be executed, it still needs to be
              run as root.)

### -r     

### -t     

### -V     

## EXIT CODE
       The exit codes are the same as in [**e2fsck**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/e2fsck/8/markdown)

## SEE ALSO
       [**e2fsck**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/e2fsck/8/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Darrick J. Wong <<darrick.wong@oracle.com>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright ©2018 Oracle.  License is GPLv2+. <<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>>

E2fsprogs version 1.47.0                    February 2023                                 [_E2SCRUB_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/E2SCRUB/8/markdown)