1 | <sect2><title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
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2 |
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3 | <para>Last checked against version &e2fsprogs-contversion;.</para>
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4 |
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5 | <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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6 |
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7 | <para>badblocks, chattr, compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck,
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8 | e2image, e2label, fsck, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs,
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9 | mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs and
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10 | uuidgen</para></sect3>
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11 |
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12 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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13 |
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14 | <sect4><title>badblocks</title>
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15 | <para>badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk
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16 | partition).</para></sect4>
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17 |
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18 | <sect4><title>chattr</title>
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19 | <para>chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file
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20 | system.</para></sect4>
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21 |
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22 | <sect4><title>compile_et</title>
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23 | <para>compile_et is used to convert a table, listing error-code names
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24 | and associated messages, into a C source file that is suitable for use
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25 | with the com_err library.</para></sect4>
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26 |
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27 | <sect4><title>debugfs</title>
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28 | <para>The debugfs program is a file system debugger. It can be used to examine
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29 | and change the state of an ext2 file system.</para></sect4>
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30 |
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31 | <sect4><title>dumpe2fs</title>
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32 | <para>dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the
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33 | filesystem present on a specified device.</para></sect4>
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34 |
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35 | <sect4><title>e2fsck and fsck.ext2</title>
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36 | <para>e2fsck and fsck.ext2 are used to check, and optionally repair, Linux
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37 | second extended filesystems.</para></sect4>
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38 |
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39 | <sect4><title>e2image</title>
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40 | <para>e2image is used to save critical ext2 filesystem data to
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41 | a file.</para></sect4>
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42 |
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43 | <sect4><title>e2label</title>
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44 | <para>e2label will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2
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45 | filesystem located on the specified device.</para></sect4>
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46 |
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47 | <sect4><title>fsck</title>
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48 | <para>fsck is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux file
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49 | system.</para></sect4>
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50 |
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51 | <sect4><title>fsck.ext3</title>
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52 | <para>fsck.ext3 is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux ext3
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53 | filesystems.</para></sect4>
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54 |
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55 | <sect4><title>lsattr</title>
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56 | <para>lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended
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57 | file system.</para></sect4>
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58 |
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59 | <sect4><title>mk_cmds</title>
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60 | <para>The mk_cmds utility takes a command table file as input and produces
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61 | a C source file as output, which is intended to be used with the subsystem
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62 | library, libss.</para></sect4>
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63 |
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64 | <sect4><title>mke2fs and mkfs.ext2</title>
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65 | <para>mke2fs is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device
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66 | (usually a disk partition). mkfs.ext2 does the same as mke2fs.</para></sect4>
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67 |
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68 | <sect4><title>mkfs.ext3</title>
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69 | <para>mkfs.ext3 is used to create an ext3 filesystem.</para></sect4>
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70 |
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71 | <sect4><title>mklost+found</title>
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72 | <para>mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current
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73 | working directory on a Linux second extended file system. mklost+found
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74 | pre-allocates disk blocks to the directory to make it
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75 | usable by e2fsck.</para></sect4>
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76 |
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77 | <sect4><title>resize2fs</title>
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78 | <para>resize2fs is used to resize ext2 file systems.</para></sect4>
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79 |
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80 | <sect4><title>tune2fs</title>
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81 | <para>tune2fs adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended
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82 | filesystem.</para></sect4>
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83 |
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84 | <sect4><title>uuidgen</title>
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85 | <para>The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID)
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86 | using the libuuid library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
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87 | among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
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88 | systems, in the past and in the future.</para></sect4>
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89 |
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90 | </sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>Library Files</title>
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93 |
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94 | <para>libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so], libext2fs.[a,so], libss.[a,so],
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95 | libuuid.[a,so]</para></sect3>
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96 |
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97 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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98 |
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99 | <sect4><title>libcom_err</title>
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100 | <para>The common error display routine.</para></sect4>
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101 |
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102 | <sect4><title>libe2p</title>
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103 | <para>libe2p is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para></sect4>
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104 |
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105 | <sect4><title>libext2fs</title>
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106 | <para>The ext2fs library is designed to allow user-level programs to
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107 | manipulate an ext2 filesystem.</para></sect4>
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108 |
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109 | <sect4><title>libss</title>
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110 | <para>libss is used by debugfs.</para></sect4>
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111 |
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112 | <sect4><title>libuuid</title>
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113 | <para>The libuuid library is used to generate unique identifiers for
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114 | objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para></sect4>
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115 |
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116 | </sect3>
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117 |
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118 | </sect2>
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119 |
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