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