fsck.cramfs(8) — Linux manual page

FSCK.CRAMFS(8)            System Administration            FSCK.CRAMFS(8)

NAME         top

       fsck.cramfs - fsck compressed ROM file system

SYNOPSIS         top

       fsck.cramfs [options] file

DESCRIPTION         top

       fsck.cramfs is used to check the cramfs file system.

OPTIONS         top

       -v, --verbose
           Enable verbose messaging.

       -b, --blocksize blocksize
           Use this blocksize, defaults to page size. Must be equal to
           what was set at creation time. Only used for --extract.

       --extract[=directory]
           Test to uncompress the whole file system. Optionally extract
           contents of the file to directory.

       -a
           This option is silently ignored.

       -y
           This option is silently ignored.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

EXIT STATUS         top

       0
           success

       4
           file system was left uncorrected

       8
           operation error, such as unable to allocate memory

       16
           usage information was printed

SEE ALSO         top

       mount(8), mkfs.cramfs(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The fsck.cramfs command is part of the util-linux package which
       can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page is
       part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux utilities)
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util-linux 2.42-start-521-ec46  2025-08-09                 FSCK.CRAMFS(8)

Pages that refer to this page: fsck(8@@e2fsprogs),  fsck(8),  mkfs.cramfs(8),  systemd-fsck@.service(8)

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