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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" xreflabel="E2fsprogs" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="e2fsprogs.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs"><primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2
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[ab3b93b] | 14 | file system. It also supports the ext3 journaling file system.</para>
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[5888299] | 15 |
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[a001133] | 16 | <segmentedlist>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>48.4 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 20 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 21 |
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[a001133] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>E2fsprogs installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
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| 25 | Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem>
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| 26 | </segmentedlist>
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| 27 | </sect2>
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[3554fa3a] | 28 |
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[a001133] | 29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 30 | <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
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| 33 |
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[9dfc02f] | 34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
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| 35 | --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-evms</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 36 |
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| 37 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <itemizedlist>
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| 40 | <listitem><para><userinput>--with-root-prefix=""</userinput>: Certain
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| 41 | programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs.
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| 42 | When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> isn't
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[a195a6c] | 43 | mounted, these essential programs have to be available. They belong in
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[73aedd1d] | 44 | directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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| 45 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option isn't passed
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| 46 | to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the
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| 47 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not what we
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| 48 | want.</para></listitem>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <listitem><para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs</userinput>: This creates
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[673b0d8] | 51 | the shared libraries which some programs in this package use.</para></listitem>
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[73aedd1d] | 52 | </itemizedlist>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 57 |
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[9dfc02f] | 58 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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| 59 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 60 |
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| 61 | <para>Install most of the package:</para>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 64 |
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[673b0d8] | 65 | <para>Also install also the shared libraries:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 66 |
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| 67 | <screen><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </sect2>
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| 70 |
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[6370fa6] | 71 |
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[5888299] | 72 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 73 | <sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content"><title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
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[673b0d8] | 74 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 75 | <segmentedlist>
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| 76 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 77 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 78 | <seglistitem><seg>badblocks, blkid, chattr,
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[673b0d8] | 79 | compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck, e2image, e2label, findfs, fsck,
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| 80 | fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3,
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[c6cb3aa] | 81 | mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs and uuidgen.</seg>
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| 82 | <seg>libblkid.[a,so], libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so], libext2fs.[a,so], libss.[a,so] and
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| 83 | libuuid.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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| 84 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 85 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 86 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 87 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 88 | <varlistentry>
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| 89 | <term id="badblocks"><command>badblocks</command></term>
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| 90 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks"><primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 92 | <para>searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks.</para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 95 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 96 | <varlistentry>
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| 97 | <term id="blkid"><command>blkid</command></term>
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| 98 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid"><primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 100 | <para>is a command line utility to locate and print block device attributes.</para>
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| 101 | </listitem>
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| 102 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 103 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 104 | <varlistentry>
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| 105 | <term id="chattr"><command>chattr</command></term>
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| 106 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr"><primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 108 | <para>changes the attributes of files on a second extended (ext2) file system, and
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| 109 | also ext3 file systems, the journaling version of ext2 file systems.</para>
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| 110 | </listitem>
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| 111 | </varlistentry>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <varlistentry>
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| 114 | <term id="compile_et"><command>compile_et</command></term>
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| 115 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 116 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et"><primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 117 | <para>is an error table compiler. It
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[673b0d8] | 118 | converts a table of error-code names and messages into a C source file
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| 119 | suitable for use with the com_err library.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 120 | </listitem>
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| 121 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 122 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | <varlistentry>
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| 124 | <term id="debugfs"><command>debugfs</command></term>
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| 125 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs"><primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 127 | <para>is a file system debugger. It can be
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[673b0d8] | 128 | used to examine and change the state of an ext2 file system.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 131 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 132 | <varlistentry>
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| 133 | <term id="dumpe2fs"><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs"><primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 136 | <para>prints the super block and blocks group
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[673b0d8] | 137 | information for the file system present on a given device.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 140 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 141 | <varlistentry>
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| 142 | <term id="e2fsck"><command>e2fsck</command></term>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 144 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 145 | <para>is used to check, and optionally repair,
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[673b0d8] | 146 | second extended (ext2) file systems, and also ext3 file systems.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 149 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 150 | <varlistentry>
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| 151 | <term id="e2image"><command>e2image</command></term>
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| 152 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 153 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image"><primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 154 | <para>is used to save critical ext2 file system data to a file.</para>
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| 155 | </listitem>
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| 156 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 157 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 158 | <varlistentry>
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| 159 | <term id="e2label"><command>e2label</command></term>
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| 160 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 161 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label"><primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 162 | <para>will display or change the file system
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[673b0d8] | 163 | label on the ext2 file system present on a given device.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 166 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 167 | <varlistentry>
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| 168 | <term id="findfs"><command>findfs</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs"><primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 171 | <para>finds a file system by label or UUID (Universally Unique Identifier).</para>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 174 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 175 | <varlistentry>
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| 176 | <term id="fsck"><command>fsck</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck"><primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 179 | <para>is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems. By default it checks the
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| 180 | file systems listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename></para>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <varlistentry>
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| 185 | <term id="logsave"><command>logsave</command></term>
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| 186 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave"><primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 188 | <para>saves the output of a command in a log file.</para>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 191 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 192 | <varlistentry>
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| 193 | <term id="lsattr"><command>lsattr</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr"><primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 196 | <para>lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system.</para>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 199 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 200 | <varlistentry>
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| 201 | <term id="mk_cmds"><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
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| 202 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 204 | <para>converts a table of command names
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[673b0d8] | 205 | and help messages into a C source file suitable for use with the
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| 206 | <filename>libss</filename> subsystem library.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 209 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 210 | <varlistentry>
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| 211 | <term id="mke2fs"><command>mke2fs</command></term>
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| 212 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 214 | <para>is used to create a second extended file system on the given device.</para>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 217 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 218 | <varlistentry>
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| 219 | <term id="mklost-found"><command>mklost+found</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found"><primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 222 | <para>is used to create a
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[673b0d8] | 223 | <filename>lost+found</filename> directory on a second extended file system.
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| 224 | It pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the task of e2fsck.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 227 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 228 | <varlistentry>
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| 229 | <term id="resize2fs"><command>resize2fs</command></term>
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| 230 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 231 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs"><primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 232 | <para>can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system.</para>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 235 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 236 | <varlistentry>
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| 237 | <term id="tune2fs"><command>tune2fs</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs"><primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 240 | <para>is used adjust tunable file system
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[673b0d8] | 241 | parameters on a second extended file system.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 244 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 245 | <varlistentry>
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| 246 | <term id="uuidgen"><command>uuidgen</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen"><primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 249 | <para>creates new UUID. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
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[673b0d8] | 250 | among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the
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| 251 | past and in the future.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 254 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 255 | <varlistentry>
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| 256 | <term id="libblkid"><command>libblkid</command></term>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 258 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libblkid"><primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 259 | <para>contains routines for device identification and token extraction.</para>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 262 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 263 | <varlistentry>
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| 264 | <term id="libcom_err"><command>libcom_err</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 266 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err"><primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 267 | <para>is the common error display routine.</para>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 270 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 271 | <varlistentry>
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| 272 | <term id="libe2p"><command>libe2p</command></term>
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| 273 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 274 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p"><primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 275 | <para>is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 278 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 279 | <varlistentry>
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| 280 | <term id="libext2fs"><command>libext2fs</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 282 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs"><primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 283 | <para>contains routines to enable user-level
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[673b0d8] | 284 | programs to manipulate an ext2 file system.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 287 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 288 | <varlistentry>
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| 289 | <term id="libss"><command>libss</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 291 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss"><primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 292 | <para>is used by debugfs.</para>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 295 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 296 | <varlistentry>
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| 297 | <term id="libuuid"><command>libuuid</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid"><primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 300 | <para>contains routines for generating unique
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[673b0d8] | 301 | identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 305 |
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| 307 |
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| 308 | </sect1>
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