[bc91669] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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[bc91669] | 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[087e584] | 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &e2fsprogs-contversion;.)</para>
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[6370fa6] | 6 |
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[bc91669] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 8 |
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[bdc08c1] | 9 | <sect4><title>badblocks</title>
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[b822811] | 10 | <para>badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk
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[bdc08c1] | 11 | partition).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 12 |
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[bdc08c1] | 13 | <sect4><title>chattr</title>
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[53ad30a] | 14 | <para>chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file
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[335838c] | 15 | system.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 16 |
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| 17 | <sect4><title>compile_et</title>
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[2c094d6] | 18 | <para>compile_et is used to convert a table, listing error-code names
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| 19 | and associated messages, into a C source file that is suitable for use
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| 20 | with the com_err library.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 21 |
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[bdc08c1] | 22 | <sect4><title>debugfs</title>
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[2c094d6] | 23 | <para>The debugfs program is a file system debugger. It can be used to examine
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[bdc08c1] | 24 | and change the state of an ext2 file system.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 25 |
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[bdc08c1] | 26 | <sect4><title>dumpe2fs</title>
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[b822811] | 27 | <para>dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the
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[bdc08c1] | 28 | filesystem present on a specified device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 29 |
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[bdc08c1] | 30 | <sect4><title>e2fsck and fsck.ext2</title>
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[2c094d6] | 31 | <para>e2fsck and fsck.ext2 are used to check, and optionally repair, Linux
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| 32 | second extended filesystems.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 33 |
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[bdc08c1] | 34 | <sect4><title>e2image</title>
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[2c094d6] | 35 | <para>e2image is used to save critical ext2 filesystem data to
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[335838c] | 36 | a file.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 37 |
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| 38 | <sect4><title>e2label</title>
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[b822811] | 39 | <para>e2label will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2
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[bdc08c1] | 40 | filesystem located on the specified device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 41 |
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[bdc08c1] | 42 | <sect4><title>fsck</title>
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[2c094d6] | 43 | <para>fsck is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux file
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| 44 | system.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 45 |
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| 46 | <sect4><title>fsck.ext3</title>
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[2c094d6] | 47 | <para>fsck.ext3 is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux ext3
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[335838c] | 48 | filesystems.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 49 |
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[bdc08c1] | 50 | <sect4><title>lsattr</title>
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[53ad30a] | 51 | <para>lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended
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[bdc08c1] | 52 | file system.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 53 |
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[bdc08c1] | 54 | <sect4><title>mk_cmds</title>
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[f49cf1a] | 55 | <para>The mk_cmds utility takes a command table file as input and produces
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[2c094d6] | 56 | a C source file as output, which is intended to be used with the subsystem
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[f49cf1a] | 57 | library, libss.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 58 |
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| 59 | <sect4><title>mke2fs and mkfs.ext2</title>
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[b822811] | 60 | <para>mke2fs is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device
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[bdc08c1] | 61 | (usually a disk partition). mkfs.ext2 does the same as mke2fs.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 62 |
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[c4d0c84] | 63 | <sect4><title>mkfs.ext3</title>
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| 64 | <para>mkfs.ext3 is used to create an ext3 filesystem.</para></sect4>
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| 65 |
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[bdc08c1] | 66 | <sect4><title>mklost+found</title>
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[b822811] | 67 | <para>mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current
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[6370fa6] | 68 | working directory on a Linux second extended file system. mklost+found
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[53ad30a] | 69 | pre-allocates disk blocks to the directory to make it
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[bdc08c1] | 70 | usable by e2fsck.</para></sect4>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect4><title>resize2fs</title>
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| 73 | <para>resize2fs is used to resize ext2 file systems.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 74 |
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[bdc08c1] | 75 | <sect4><title>tune2fs</title>
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[b822811] | 76 | <para>tune2fs adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended
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[bdc08c1] | 77 | filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 78 |
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[bdc08c1] | 79 | <sect4><title>uuidgen</title>
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[53ad30a] | 80 | <para>The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID)
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| 81 | using the libuuid library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
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[2c094d6] | 82 | among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
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| 83 | systems, in the past and in the future.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 84 |
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| 85 | </sect3>
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| 86 |
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[bc91669] | 87 | <sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
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[bdc08c1] | 88 |
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| 89 | <sect4><title>libcom_err</title>
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[f49cf1a] | 90 | <para>The common error display routine.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 91 |
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| 92 | <sect4><title>libe2p</title>
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[1f61f42] | 93 | <para>libe2p is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 94 |
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| 95 | <sect4><title>libext2fs</title>
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[f49cf1a] | 96 | <para>The ext2fs library is designed to allow user-level programs to
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| 97 | manipulate an ext2 filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 98 |
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| 99 | <sect4><title>libss</title>
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[1f61f42] | 100 | <para>libss is used by debugfs.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 101 |
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| 102 | <sect4><title>libuuid</title>
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[f49cf1a] | 103 | <para>The libuuid library is used to generate unique identifiers for
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| 104 | objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para></sect4>
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[bdc08c1] | 105 |
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| 106 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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