| 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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