Linux: start an mdraid check even though bash's noclobber is set
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A quick post for today. When trying to force my NAS's mdraid array to run a check, in a root terminal, I got this error:
# echo check > /sys/block/md0/md/sync_action
-bash: /sys/block/md0/md/sync_action: cannot overwrite existing file
This is because I have the bash shell on all my servers configured with noclobber enabled, even for the root user's shell, and the file does indeed already exist:
# cat /sys/block/md0/md/sync_action
idle
To overwrite this preexisting file even with noclobber enabled, use the >| operator:
# echo check >| /sys/block/md0/md/sync_action