Bug 63471

Summary:	Please add a "quit" command to the e2fsck interactive mode
Product:	File System	Reporter:	unforgettableid
Component:	ext4	Assignee:	fs_ext4 (fs_ext4)
Status:	CLOSED MOVED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	alan, tytso
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	3.11.6	Subsystem:
Regression:	No	Bisected commit-id:

Description unforgettableid 2013-10-22 07:16:05 UTC

Some users don't know whether or not it is safe to exit e2fsck using Ctrl+C.

It would be great if you could please add a "quit" command to the e2fsck interactive mode. The "quit" command should quit e2fsck, leaving users confident that they didn't cause any extra damage to the filesystem by quitting early.

Comment 1 unforgettableid 2013-10-23 02:07:23 UTC

Actually, please call the command "Quit Safely".

Comment 2 unforgettableid 2013-10-31 01:11:42 UTC

"Quit Safely" would be helpful for e2fsck newbies who want to halt the machine, go to bed, and hire an expert the next day.

"Quit Safely" would also be helpful to e2fsck newbies who want to use a console-mode Web browser or IRC client to get help.

"Quit Safely" would also be helpful to e2fsck newbies who:
* accidentally started the tool in fully-interactive mode
* but realize they should have used -y ("Yes to All") mode.
Those users could simply choose "Quit Safely" then rerun e2fsck with the -y option.

Comment 3 Alan 2013-11-13 12:08:03 UTC

e2fsck is userspace not kernel.

Comment 4 unforgettableid 2021-02-09 20:56:12 UTC

My mistake.  Resubmitted at:  https://github.com/tytso/e2fsprogs/issues/59

I appreciate your comment.  Also, I thank you for all your kernel-related work!