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author | Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de> | 2022-06-05 20:13:46 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de> | 2022-06-05 20:13:46 +0200 |
commit | a7c1c1cb16f8f88496c198378e1fa1ae69d3bb01 (patch) | |
tree | 496782dd44d83f57e755f5b1648d2c26c3d53128 /docs/usage/check.rst.inc | |
parent | 6c0842ec429803621045ae053f8f6ae260247601 (diff) |
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diff --git a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc index e4e530a2e..0f4ff7afb 100644 --- a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc +++ b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc @@ -138,15 +138,18 @@ Second, the consistency and correctness of the archive metadata is verified: The ``--max-duration`` option can be used to split a long-running repository check into multiple partial checks. After the given number of seconds the check is interrupted. The next partial check will continue where the previous one stopped, -until the complete repository has been checked. Example: Assuming a full check took 7 +until the complete repository has been checked. Example: Assuming a complete check took 7 hours, then running a daily check with --max-duration=3600 (1 hour) resulted in one -full check per week. - -Attention: Partial checks can only do way less checking than a full check (only the -CRC32 checks on segment file entries are done), and cannot be combined with the -``--repair`` option. Partial checks may therefore be useful only with very large -repositories where a full check took too long. Doing a full repository check aborts a -partial check; the next partial check will restart from the beginning. +completed check per week. + +Attention: A partial --repository-only check can only do way less checking than a full +--repository-only check: only the non-cryptographic checksum checks on segment file +entries are done, while a full --repository-only check would also do a repo index check. +A partial check cannot be combined with the ``--repair`` option. Partial checks +may therefore be useful only with very large repositories where a full check would take +too long. +Doing a full repository check aborts a partial check; the next partial check will restart +from the beginning. The ``--verify-data`` option will perform a full integrity verification (as opposed to checking the CRC32 of the segment) of data, which means reading the data from the |