source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/e2fsprogs.xml@ ddaaf19

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="e2fsprogs.html"?>
10
11 <title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs">
14 <primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the
21 <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system. It also
22 supports the <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> and
23 <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem> journaling
24 file systems.</para>
25
26 </sect2>
27
28 &env-target;
29
30 <sect2 role="installation">
31 <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
32
33 <para os="a">The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be
34 built in a subdirectory of the source tree:</para>
35
36<screen os="b"><userinput>mkdir -v build
37cd build</userinput></screen>
38
39 <para os="c">Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
40
41<screen os="d"><userinput>PKG_CONFIG=true ../configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
42 --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
43 --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-libblkid \
44 --disable-libuuid --disable-fsck --disable-uuidd</userinput></screen>
45
46 <variablelist os="e">
47 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
48
49 <varlistentry os="e1">
50 <term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command>
53 program) are considered essential programs. When, for example,
54 <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted,
55 these programs still need to be available. They belong in
56 directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
57 <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is
58 not passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into
59 the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory.</para>
60 </listitem>
61 </varlistentry>
62
63 <varlistentry os="e2">
64 <term><parameter>--enable-elf-shlibs</parameter></term>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>This creates the shared libraries which some programs
67 in this package use.</para>
68 </listitem>
69 </varlistentry>
70
71 <varlistentry os="e3">
72 <term><parameter>--disable-evms</parameter></term>
73 <listitem>
74 <para>This disables the building of the Enterprise Volume
75 Management System (EVMS) plugin. This plugin is not up-to-date with
76 the latest EVMS internal interfaces and EVMS is not installed as part
77 of a base CLFS system, so the plugin is not required. See the EVMS
78 website at <ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/"/> for more
79 information regarding EVMS.</para>
80 </listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 </variablelist>
84
85 <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>
86
87<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
88
89 <para os="h">Install the binaries, documentation, and shared libraries:</para>
90
91<screen os="i"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
92
93 <para os="j">Install the static libraries and headers:</para>
94
95<screen os="k"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install-libs</userinput></screen>
96
97 <para os="l">Remove absolute paths from the link destinations:</para>
98
99<screen os="m"><userinput>rm -v ${CLFS}/usr/lib/lib{com_err,e2p,ext2fs,ss}.so
100ln -sv ../../lib/libcom_err.so.2 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libcom_err.so
101ln -sv ../../lib/libe2p.so.2 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libe2p.so
102ln -sv ../../lib/libext2fs.so.2 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libext2fs.so
103ln -sv ../../lib/libss.so.2 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libss.so</userinput></screen>
104
105 </sect2>
106
107 <sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content">
108 <title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
109
110 <segmentedlist>
111 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
112 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
113
114 <seglistitem>
115 <seg>badblocks, blkid, chattr, compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs,
116 e2fsck, e2image, e2label, filefrag, findfs, fsck, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3,
117 logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3,
118 mklost+found, resize2fs, and tune2fs.</seg>
119 <seg>libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so],
120 libext2fs.[a,so], and libss.[a,so]</seg>
121 </seglistitem>
122 </segmentedlist>
123
124 <variablelist>
125 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
126 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
127 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
128
129 <varlistentry id="badblocks">
130 <term><command>badblocks</command></term>
131 <listitem>
132 <para>Searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad
133 blocks</para>
134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks">
135 <primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 <varlistentry id="blkid">
141 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
144 attributes</para>
145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid">
146 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
147 </indexterm>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry id="chattr">
152 <term><command>chattr</command></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Changes the attributes of files on an <systemitem
155 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system; it also
156 changes <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
157 file systems, the journaling version of <systemitem
158 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems</para>
159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr">
160 <primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary>
161 </indexterm>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry id="compile_et">
166 <term><command>compile_et</command></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>An error table compiler; it converts a table of error-code
169 names and messages into a C source file suitable for use with the
170 <filename class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library</para>
171 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et">
172 <primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary>
173 </indexterm>
174 </listitem>
175 </varlistentry>
176
177 <varlistentry id="debugfs">
178 <term><command>debugfs</command></term>
179 <listitem>
180 <para>A file system debugger; it can be used to examine and change
181 the state of an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
182 file system</para>
183 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs">
184 <primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="dumpe2fs">
190 <term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>Prints the super block and blocks group information for the
193 file system present on a given device</para>
194 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs">
195 <primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199
200 <varlistentry id="e2fsck">
201 <term><command>e2fsck</command></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair <systemitem
204 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems and <systemitem
205 class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file systems</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck">
207 <primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="e2image">
213 <term><command>e2image</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>Is used to save critical <systemitem
216 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system data to a file</para>
217 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image">
218 <primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary>
219 </indexterm>
220 </listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry id="e2label">
224 <term><command>e2label</command></term>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>Displays or changes the file system label on the <systemitem
227 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system present on a given
228 device</para>
229 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label">
230 <primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary>
231 </indexterm>
232 </listitem>
233 </varlistentry>
234
235 <varlistentry id="filefrag">
236 <term><command>filefrag</command></term>
237 <listitem>
238 <para>Reports on how badly fragmented a particular file might be</para>
239 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs filefrag">
240 <primary sortas="b-filefrag">filefrag</primary>
241 </indexterm>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry id="findfs">
246 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
249 (UUID)</para>
250 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs">
251 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="fsck.ext2">
257 <term><command>fsck.ext2</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
260 file systems</para>
261 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext2">
262 <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext2">fsck.ext2</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="fsck.ext3">
268 <term><command>fsck.ext3</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
271 file systems</para>
272 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext3">
273 <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275 </listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry id="logsave">
279 <term><command>logsave</command></term>
280 <listitem>
281 <para>Saves the output of a command in a log file</para>
282 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave">
283 <primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary>
284 </indexterm>
285 </listitem>
286 </varlistentry>
287
288 <varlistentry id="lsattr">
289 <term><command>lsattr</command></term>
290 <listitem>
291 <para>Lists the attributes of files on a second extended file
292 system</para>
293 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr">
294 <primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298
299 <varlistentry id="mk_cmds">
300 <term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>Converts a table of command names and help messages into a C
303 source file suitable for use with the <filename
304 class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
305 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds">
306 <primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary>
307 </indexterm>
308 </listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
310
311 <varlistentry id="mke2fs">
312 <term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
313 <listitem>
314 <para>Creates an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
315 or <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file system on
316 the given device</para>
317 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs">
318 <primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary>
319 </indexterm>
320 </listitem>
321 </varlistentry>
322
323 <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext2">
324 <term><command>mkfs.ext2</command></term>
325 <listitem>
326 <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
327 file systems</para>
328 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext2">
329 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext2">mkfs.ext2</primary>
330 </indexterm>
331 </listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext3">
335 <term><command>mkfs.ext3</command></term>
336 <listitem>
337 <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
338 file systems</para>
339 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext3">
340 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext3">mkfs.ext3</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="mklost-found">
346 <term><command>mklost+found</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>Used to create a <filename class="directory">lost+found</filename>
349 directory on an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file
350 system; it pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the
351 task of <command>e2fsck</command></para>
352 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found">
353 <primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary>
354 </indexterm>
355 </listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
357
358 <varlistentry id="resize2fs">
359 <term><command>resize2fs</command></term>
360 <listitem>
361 <para>Can be used to enlarge or shrink an <systemitem
362 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
363 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs">
364 <primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary>
365 </indexterm>
366 </listitem>
367 </varlistentry>
368
369 <varlistentry id="tune2fs">
370 <term><command>tune2fs</command></term>
371 <listitem>
372 <para>Adjusts tunable file system parameters on an <systemitem
373 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
374 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs">
375 <primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary>
376 </indexterm>
377 </listitem>
378 </varlistentry>
379
380 <varlistentry id="libcom_err">
381 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term>
382 <listitem>
383 <para>The common error display routine</para>
384 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err">
385 <primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary>
386 </indexterm>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry id="libe2p">
391 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term>
392 <listitem>
393 <para>Used by <command>dumpe2fs</command>, <command>chattr</command>,
394 and <command>lsattr</command></para>
395 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p">
396 <primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry id="libext2fs">
402 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>Contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an
405 <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
406 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs">
407 <primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary>
408 </indexterm>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry id="libss">
413 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>Used by <command>debugfs</command></para>
416 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss">
417 <primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 </variablelist>
423
424 </sect2>
425
426</sect1>
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