1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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3 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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4 |
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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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58 |
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59 | <para><command>libcom_err</command> is the common error display routine.</para>
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60 |
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61 | <para><command>libe2p</command> is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para>
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62 |
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63 | <para><command>libext2fs</command> contains routines to enable user-level
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64 | programs to manipulate an ext2 filesystem.</para>
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65 |
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66 | <para><command>libss</command> is used by debugfs.</para>
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67 |
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68 | <para><command>libuuid</command> contains routines for generating unique
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69 | identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para>
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71 | </sect2>
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72 |
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