1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>
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5 | The e2fsprogs package contains the chattr, lsattr, uuidgen, badblocks,
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6 | debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck, e2label, fsck, fsck.ext2, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2,
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7 | mklost+found and tune2fs programs.
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8 | </para>
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9 |
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10 | </sect2>
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11 |
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12 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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13 |
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14 | <sect3><title>chattr</title>
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15 |
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16 | <para>
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17 | chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file system.
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18 | </para>
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19 |
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20 | </sect3>
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21 |
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22 | <sect3><title>lsattr</title>
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23 |
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24 | <para>
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25 | lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system.
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26 | </para>
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27 |
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28 | </sect3>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>uuidgen</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID)
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34 | using the libuuid library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
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35 | among all UUIDs created on the local system, and among UUIDs created on other
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36 | systems in the past and in the future.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | </sect3>
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40 |
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41 | <sect3><title>badblocks</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para>
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44 | badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk
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45 | partition).
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46 | </para>
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47 |
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48 | </sect3>
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49 |
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50 | <sect3><title>debugfs</title>
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51 |
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52 | <para>
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53 | The debugfs program is a file system debugger. It can be used to examine
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54 | and change the state of an ext2 file system.
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55 | </para>
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56 |
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57 | </sect3>
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58 |
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59 | <sect3><title>dumpe2fs</title>
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60 |
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61 | <para>
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62 | dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the
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63 | filesystem present on a specified device.
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64 | </para>
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65 |
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66 | </sect3>
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67 |
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68 | <sect3><title>e2fsck and fsck.ext2</title>
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69 |
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70 | <para>
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71 | e2fsck is used to check a Linux second extended file system. fsck.ext2
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72 | does the same as e2fsck.
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73 | </para>
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74 |
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75 | </sect3>
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76 |
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77 | <sect3><title>e2label</title>
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78 |
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79 | <para>
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80 | e2label will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem
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81 | located on the specified device.
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82 | </para>
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83 |
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84 | </sect3>
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85 |
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86 | <sect3><title>fsck</title>
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87 |
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88 | <para>
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89 | fsck is used to check and optionally repair a Linux file system.
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | </sect3>
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93 |
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94 | <sect3><title>mke2fs and mkfs.ext2</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>
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97 | mke2fs is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device
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98 | (usually a disk partition). mkfs.ext2 does the same as mke2fs.
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99 | </para>
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100 |
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101 | </sect3>
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102 |
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103 | <sect3><title>mklost+found</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para>
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106 | mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current
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107 | working directory on a Linux second extended file system. mklost+found
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108 | pre-allocates disk blocks to the directory to make it usable by e2fsck.
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109 | </para>
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110 |
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111 | </sect3>
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112 |
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113 | <sect3><title>tune2fs</title>
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114 |
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115 | <para>
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116 | tune2fs adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended
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117 | filesystem.
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118 | </para>
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119 |
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120 | </sect3>
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121 |
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122 | </sect2>
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123 |
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