source: postlfs/filesystems/xfsprogs.xml@ c292bc08

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  %general-entities;

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  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-md5sum        "71c709b74b456f8e0b047e57651ff86e">
  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-buildsize     "60 MB">
  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-time          "0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
]>

<sect1 id="xfsprogs" xreflabel="xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xfsprogs.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xfsprogs">
    <primary sortas="a-xfsprogs">xfsprogs</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to xfsprogs</title>

    <para>
      The <application>xfsprogs</application> package contains
      administration and debugging tools for the XFS file system.
    </para>

    &lfs91_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfsprogs-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfsprogs-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &xfsprogs-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &xfsprogs-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &xfsprogs-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &xfsprogs-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfs"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="kernel" id="xfsprogs-kernel">
    <title>Kernel Configuration</title>

    <para>
      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration
      and recompile the kernel:
    </para>

<screen><literal>File systems ---&gt;
  &lt;*/M&gt; XFS filesystem support [CONFIG_XFS_FS]</literal></screen>

    <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfsprogs-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-xfs">XFS Programs</primary>
    </indexterm>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of xfsprogs</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>xfsprogs</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

 <screen><userinput>make DEBUG=-DNDEBUG     \
     INSTALL_USER=root  \
     INSTALL_GROUP=root \
     LOCAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--enable-readline"</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make PKG_DOC_DIR=/usr/share/doc/xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version; install     &amp;&amp;
make PKG_DOC_DIR=/usr/share/doc/xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version; install-dev &amp;&amp;

rm -rfv /usr/lib/libhandle.a                                &amp;&amp;
rm -rfv /lib/libhandle.{a,la,so}                            &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../../lib/libhandle.so.1 /usr/lib/libhandle.so</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>make DEBUG=-DNDEBUG</command>: Turns off debugging
      symbols.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>INSTALL_USER=root INSTALL_GROUP=root</parameter>: This
      sets the owner and group of the installed files.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>LOCAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="..."</parameter>: This passes
      extra configuration options to the <filename>configure</filename> script.
      The example <parameter>--enable-readline</parameter> parameter
      enables linking the XFS programs with the
      <filename class="libraryfile">libreadline.so</filename> library, in order
      to allow editing interactive commands.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>OPTIMIZER="..."</option>: Adding this parameter to
      the end of the <command>make</command> command overrides the
      default optimization settings.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>fsck.xfs, mkfs.xfs, xfs_admin, xfs_bmap, xfs_copy, xfs_db,
        xfs_estimate, xfs_freeze, xfs_fsr, xfs_growfs, xfs_info, xfs_io,
        xfs_logprint, xfs_mdrestore, xfs_metadump, xfs_mkfile, xfs_ncheck,
        xfs_quota, xfs_repair, xfs_rtcp, and xfs_spaceman</seg>
        <seg>libhandle.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/xfs and /usr/share/doc/xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="fsck.xfs">
        <term><command>fsck.xfs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            simply exits with a zero status, since XFS
            partitions are checked at mount time.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs fsck.xfs">
            <primary sortas="b-fsck.xfs">fsck.xfs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mkfs.xfs">
        <term><command>mkfs.xfs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            constructs an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs mkfs.xfs">
            <primary sortas="b-mkfs.xfs">mkfs.xfs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_admin">
        <term><command>xfs_admin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            changes the parameters of an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_admin">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_admin">xfs_admin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_bmap">
        <term><command>xfs_bmap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            prints block mapping for an XFS file.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_bmap">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_bmap">xfs_bmap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_copy">
        <term><command>xfs_copy</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            copies the contents of an XFS file system
            to one or more targets in parallel.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_copy">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_copy">xfs_copy</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_estimate">
        <term><command>xfs_estimate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            for each directory argument, estimates the space that directory
            would take if it were copied to an XFS filesystem
            (does not cross mount points).
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_estimate">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_estimate">xfs_estimate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_db">
        <term><command>xfs_db</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to debug an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_db">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_db">xfs_db</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_freeze">
        <term><command>xfs_freeze</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            suspends access to an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_freeze">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_freeze">xfs_freeze</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_fsr">
        <term><command>xfs_fsr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            applicable only to XFS filesystems, improves the organization of
            mounted filesystems, the reorganization algorithm operates on one
            file at a time, compacting or othewise  improving the layout of the
            file extents (contiguous blocks of file data).
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_fsr">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_fsr">xfs_fsr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_growfs">
        <term><command>xfs_growfs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            expands an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_growfs">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_growfs">xfs_growfs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_info">
        <term><command>xfs_info</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is equivalent to invoking <command>xfs_growfs</command>, but
            specifying that no change to the file system is to be made.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_info">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_info">xfs_info</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_io">
        <term><command>xfs_io</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a debugging tool like <command>xfs_db</command>, but is
            aimed at examining the regular file I/O path rather than the raw
            XFS volume itself.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_io">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_io">xfs_io</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_logprint">
        <term><command>xfs_logprint</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            prints the log of an XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_logprint">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_logprint">xfs_logprint</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_mdrestore">
        <term><command>xfs_mdrestore</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            restores an XFS metadump image to a filesystem image.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_mdrestore">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_mdrestore">xfs_mdrestore</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

       <varlistentry id="xfs_metadump">
        <term><command>xfs_metadump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            copies XFS filesystem metadata to a file.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_metadump">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_metadump">xfs_metadump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry id="xfs_mkfile">
        <term><command>xfs_mkfile</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            creates an XFS file, padded with zeroes by default.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_mkfile">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_mkfile">xfs_mkfile</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_ncheck">
        <term><command>xfs_ncheck</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            generates pathnames from inode numbers for an
            XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_ncheck">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_ncheck">xfs_ncheck</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_quota">
        <term><command>xfs_quota</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a utility for reporting and editing various
            aspects of filesystem quota.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_quota">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_quota">xfs_quota</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_repair">
        <term><command>xfs_repair</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            repairs corrupt or damaged XFS file systems.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_repair">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_repair">xfs_repair</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_rtcp">
        <term><command>xfs_rtcp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            copies a file to the real-time partition on an
            XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_rtcp">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_rtcp">xfs_rtcp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfs_spaceman">
        <term><command>xfs_spaceman</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            reports and controls free space usage in an
            XFS file system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs xfs_spaceman">
            <primary sortas="b-xfs_spaceman">xfs_spaceman</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libhandle">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhandle.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains XFS-specific functions that provide a way to perform
            certain filesystem  operations without using a file descriptor to
            access filesystem objects.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfsprogs libhandle">
            <primary sortas="c-libhandle">libhandle.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>