Clarify description of the -p, -n, and -y options in the e2fsck man page.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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2005-12-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
* e2fsck.8.in: Clarify description of differences between the -p,
-n, and -y options.
2005-09-24 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
* super.c (check_super_block), problem.c, problem.h: Detect if the

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@ -226,10 +226,31 @@ options are specified in addition to the
.B \-n
option, then the filesystem will be opened read-write, to permit the
bad-blocks list to be updated. However, no other changes will be made
to the filesystem.)
to the filesystem.) This option
may not be specified at the same time as the
.B \-p
or
.B \-y
options.
.TP
.B \-p
Automatically repair ("preen") the file system without any questions.
Automatically repair ("preen") the file system. This option will case
.B e2fsck
to automatically
fix any filesystem problems that can be safely fixed without human
intervention. If
.B e2fsck
discovers a problem which may require the system administrator
to take additional corrective action,
.B e2fsck
will print a description of the problem and then exit with the value 4
logically or'ed into the exit code. (See the \fBEXIT CODE\fR section.)
This option is normally used by the system's boot scripts. It may not
be specified at the same time as the
.B \-n
or
.B \-y
options.
.TP
.B \-r
This option does nothing at all; it is provided only for backwards
@ -261,7 +282,12 @@ Print version information and exit.
.B \-y
Assume an answer of `yes' to all questions; allows
.B e2fsck
to be used non-interactively.
to be used non-interactively. This option
may not be specified at the same time as the
.B \-n
or
.B \-p
options.
.SH EXIT CODE
The exit code returned by
.B e2fsck