[bc91669] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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[04a3351] | 3 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[978d0bf] | 5 | <para><command>badblocks</command> searches a device (usually a disk
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| 6 | partition) for bad blocks.</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <para><command>chattr</command> changes the attributes of files on a
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| 9 | second extended (ext2) filesystem.</para>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <para><command>compile_et</command> is an error table compiler. It
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| 12 | converts a table of error-code names and messages into a C source file
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| 13 | suitable for use with the com_err library.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <para><command>debugfs</command> is a filesystem debugger. It can be
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| 16 | used to examine and change the state of an ext2 filesystem.</para>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para><command>dumpe2fs</command> prints the super block and blocks group
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| 19 | information for the filesystem present on a given device.</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para><command>e2fsck</command> is used to check, and optionally repair,
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| 22 | second extended (ext2) filesystems, and also ext3 filesystems.</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para><command>e2image</command> is used to save critical ext2 filesystem
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| 25 | data to a file.</para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para><command>e2label</command> will display or change the filesystem
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| 28 | label on the ext2 filesystem present on a given device.</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para><command>fsck</command> is used to check, and optionally repair,
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| 31 | filesystems. By default it checks the filesystems listed in
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| 32 | <filename>/etc/fstab</filename></para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><command>lsattr</command> lists the attributes of files on a second
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| 35 | extended filesystem.</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para><command>mk_cmds</command> converts a table of command names
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| 38 | and help messages into a C source file suitable for use with the
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| 39 | <filename>libss</filename> subsystem library.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para><command>mke2fs</command> is used to create a second extended
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| 42 | filesystem on the given device.</para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para><command>mklost+found</command> is used to create a
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| 45 | <filename>lost+found</filename> directory on a second extended filesystem.
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| 46 | It pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the task of e2fsck.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para><command>resize2fs</command> can be used to enlarge or shrink an
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| 49 | ext2 filesystem.</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para><command>tune2fs</command> is used adjust tunable filesystem
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| 52 | parameters on a second extended filesystem.</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para><command>uuidgen</command> creates new universally unique
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| 55 | identifiers (UUID). Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
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| 56 | among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the
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| 57 | past and in the future.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 58 |
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[efa9cef] | 59 | <para><command>blkid</command> is a command line utility to locate and
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| 60 | print block device attributes.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <para><command>findfs</command> finds a file system by label or UUID.</para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para><command>logsave</command> saves the output of a command in a logfile.</para>
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| 65 |
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[978d0bf] | 66 | <para><command>libcom_err</command> is the common error display routine.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 67 |
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[978d0bf] | 68 | <para><command>libe2p</command> is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 69 |
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[978d0bf] | 70 | <para><command>libext2fs</command> contains routines to enable user-level
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| 71 | programs to manipulate an ext2 filesystem.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 72 |
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[978d0bf] | 73 | <para><command>libss</command> is used by debugfs.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 74 |
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[978d0bf] | 75 | <para><command>libuuid</command> contains routines for generating unique
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| 76 | identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 77 |
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[1f0f472] | 78 | <para><command>libblkid</command> contains routines for device
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| 79 | identification and token extraction.
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[efa9cef] | 80 | </para>
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| 81 |
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[6370fa6] | 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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