linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Assume yes when test device is not partitioned

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Message-ID: <20110903175259.GA3461@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 3 Sep 2011 13:52:59 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyakulkarni15@...il.com>,
	xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Assume yes when test device is not partitioned

On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 02:02:03PM +0530, Prasad Joshi wrote:
> @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs_sized()
>  	_scratch_mkfs_xfs -d size=$fssize -b size=$blocksize
>  	;;
>      ext2|ext3|ext4|ext4dev)
> -	/sbin/mkfs.$FSTYP $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV $blocks
> +	yes | ${MKFS_PROG}.$FSTYP $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV $blocks
>  	;;
>      btrfs)
>  	$MKFS_BTRFS_PROG $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $fssize $SCRATCH_DEV

Why don't you just pass -f to mke2fs.ext[234]?

							- Ted
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