https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220288 Bug ID: 220288 Summary: A typo Leads to loss of all data on disk Product: File System Version: 2.5 Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: ext4 Assignee: fs_ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: martin.vahi@xxxxxxxxxx Regression: No I wanted to run fsck.ext4 /dev/sdc1 but accidentally missed the "1" at the end by typing fsck.ext4 /dev/sdc and lost all data on /dev/sdc My suggestion is that there should be some regex based test to see, if the partition name candidate ends with a base 10 digit and if it does not, then a confirmation prompt, possibly with red text, should be displayed that explains the consequences and asks for confirmation. For non-interactive use of the fsck.ext4 /dev/sdc there could be an extra parameter, "--skip_warning_prompts", which should be mentioned at the text of all interactive warnings so that people, who stumble on those interactive warnings do not need to look it up form fsck.ext4 man page. A temporary workaround for myself is a Bash alias that wraps the fsck.ext4, but in my opinion that's a dirty workaround and such critical warnings should be part of the tool itself, specially given how common the fsck.ext4 usage is with USB-HDDs and USB memory sticks. Thank You for reading this bug report. -- You may reply to this email to add a comment. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
