exfatfsck(8)

exfatfsck8

Check an exfat file system

Usage

exfatfsck [{-a | -n | -p | -y}] device

exfatfsck [-V]

Overview

exfatfsck checks an exFAT file system for errors. It can repair some of them.

Options

Command line options available:

-a

Automatically repair the file system. No user intervention required.

-n

No-operation mode: non-interactively check for errors, but don't write anything to the file system.

-p

Same as -a for compatibility with other *fsck.

-V

Print version and copyright.

-y

Same as -a for compatibility with other *fsck.

Exit status

Zero is returned if errors were not found. Any other code means an error.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10–11
  5. Arch

-V since Debian 8 (Jessie); -a since Debian 10 (Buster); -n since Debian 10 (Buster); -p since Debian 10 (Buster); -y since Debian 10 (Buster).

-v until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

Andrew Nayenko

From exfat-utils 1.4.0-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.