| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2><sect2><title>Descriptions</title><para>(Last checked against version &e2fsprogs-contversion;.)</para><sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title><sect4><title>badblocks</title><para>badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk partition).</para></sect4><sect4><title>chattr</title><para>chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended filesystem.</para></sect4><sect4><title>compile_et</title><para>compile_et is used to convert a table, listing error-code namesand associated messages, into a C source file that is suitable for usewith the com_err library.</para></sect4><sect4><title>debugfs</title><para>The debugfs program is a file system debugger. It can be used to examine and change the state of an ext2 file system.</para></sect4><sect4><title>dumpe2fs</title><para>dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem present on a specified device.</para></sect4><sect4><title>e2fsck and fsck.ext2</title><para>e2fsck and fsck.ext2 are used to check, and optionally repair, Linuxsecond extended filesystems.</para></sect4><sect4><title>e2image</title><para>e2image is used to save critical ext2 filesystem data toa file.</para></sect4><sect4><title>e2label</title><para>e2label will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem located on the specified device.</para></sect4><sect4><title>fsck</title><para>fsck is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux filesystem.</para></sect4><sect4><title>fsck.ext3</title><para>fsck.ext3 is used to check, and optionally repair, a Linux ext3 filesystems.</para></sect4><sect4><title>lsattr</title><para>lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system.</para></sect4><sect4><title>mk_cmds</title><para>The mk_cmds utility takes a command table file as input and producesa C source file as output, which is intended to be used with the subsystemlibrary, libss.</para></sect4><sect4><title>mke2fs and mkfs.ext2</title><para>mke2fs is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device (usually a disk partition). mkfs.ext2 does the same as mke2fs.</para></sect4><sect4><title>mkfs.ext3</title><para>mkfs.ext3 is used to create an ext3 filesystem.</para></sect4><sect4><title>mklost+found</title><para>mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended file system. mklost+found pre-allocates disk blocks to the directory to make it usable by e2fsck.</para></sect4><sect4><title>resize2fs</title><para>resize2fs is used to resize ext2 file systems.</para></sect4><sect4><title>tune2fs</title><para>tune2fs adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended filesystem.</para></sect4><sect4><title>uuidgen</title><para>The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID) using the libuuid library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on othersystems, in the past and in the future.</para></sect4></sect3><sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title><sect4><title>libcom_err</title><para>The common error display routine.</para></sect4><sect4><title>libe2p</title><para>libe2p is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para></sect4><sect4><title>libext2fs</title><para>The ext2fs library is designed to allow user-level programs tomanipulate an ext2 filesystem.</para></sect4><sect4><title>libss</title><para>libss is used by debugfs.</para></sect4><sect4><title>libuuid</title><para>The libuuid library is used to generate unique identifiers forobjects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para></sect4></sect3></sect2>
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