source: postlfs/filesystems/xfs/xfs-desc.xml@ 0990cf7a

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<title>Contents</title>

<para><application>XFS</application> contains
<command>fsck.xfs</command>,
<command>mkfs.xfs</command>,
<command>xfs_admin</command>,
<command>xfs_bmap</command>,
<command>xfs_check</command>,
<command>xfs_copy</command>,
<command>xfs_db</command>,
<command>xfs_freeze</command>,
<command>xfs_growfs</command>,
<command>xfs_info</command>,
<command>xfs_io</command>,
<command>xfs_logprint</command>,
<command>xfs_mkfile</command>,
<command>xfs_ncheck</command>,
<command>xfs_repair</command> and
<command>xfs_rtcp</command>.
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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>fsck.xfs</title>
<para><command>fsck.xfs</command> simply exits with a zero status, since
<acronym>XFS</acronym> partitions are checked at mount time.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>mkfs.xfs</title>
<para><command>mkfs.xfs</command> constructs an <acronym>XFS</acronym> 
file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_admin</title>
<para><command>xfs_admin</command> changes the parameters of an <acronym>XFS
</acronym> file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_bmap</title>
<para><command>xfs_bmap</command> prints block mapping for an <acronym>XFS
</acronym> file.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_check</title>
<para><command>xfs_check</command> checks <acronym>XFS</acronym> file system 
consistency.</para>
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<sect3><title>xfs_copy</title>
<para><command>xfs_copy</command> copies the contents of an
<acronym>XFS</acronym> file system to one or more targets in
parallel.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_db</title>
<para><command>xfs_db</command> is used to debug an <acronym>XFS</acronym> 
file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_freeze</title>
<para><command>xfs_freeze</command> suspends access to an <acronym>XFS</acronym> file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_growfs</title>
<para><command>xfs_growfs</command> expands an <acronym>XFS</acronym> file system.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_info</title>
<para><command>xfs_info</command> is equivalent to invoking
<command>xfs_growfs</command>, but specifying that no change to the file
system is to be made.</para></sect3>
        
<sect3><title>xfs_io</title>
<para><command>xfs_io</command> is a debugging tool like
<command>xfs_db</command>, but is aimed at examining the regular
file I/O path rather than the raw <acronym>XFS</acronym> volume
itself.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_logprint</title>
<para><command>xfs_logprint</command> prints the log of an <acronym>XFS
</acronym> file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_mkfile</title>
<para><command>xfs_mkfile</command> creates an <acronym>XFS</acronym> file, 
padded with zeroes by default.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_ncheck</title>
<para><command>xfs_ncheck</command> generates pathnames from inode numbers for 
an <acronym>XFS</acronym> file system.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_repair</title>
<para><command>xfs_repair</command> repairs corrupt or damaged <acronym>XFS
</acronym>file systems.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>xfs_rtcp</title>
<para><command>xfs_rtcp</command> copies a file to the real-time
partition on an <acronym>XFS</acronym> file system.</para></sect3>

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