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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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> journaling
23 file system.</para>
24
25 <segmentedlist>
26 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
27
28 <seglistitem>
29 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext,
30 Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo</seg>
31 </seglistitem>
32 </segmentedlist>
33
34 </sect2>
35
36 <sect2 role="installation">
37 <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
38
39 <para os="a">It is recommended that E2fsprogs be built in a subdirectory of
40 the source tree:</para>
41
42<screen os="b"><userinput>mkdir build
43cd build</userinput></screen>
44
45 <para os="c">Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
46
47<screen><userinput>../configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
48 --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-evms</userinput></screen>
49
50 <variablelist os="d">
51 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
52
53 <varlistentry>
54 <term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command>
57 program) are considered essential programs. When, for example,
58 <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted,
59 these programs still need to be available. They belong in
60 directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
61 <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is
62 not passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into
63 the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory.</para>
64 </listitem>
65 </varlistentry>
66
67 <varlistentry os="l">
68 <term><parameter>--enable-elf-shlibs</parameter></term>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>This creates the shared libraries which some programs
71 in this package use.</para>
72 </listitem>
73 </varlistentry>
74
75 <varlistentry os="m">
76 <term><parameter>--disable-evms</parameter></term>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>This disables the building of the Enterprise Volume
79 Management System (EVMS) plugin. This plugin is not up-to-date with
80 the latest EVMS internal interfaces and EVMS is not installed as part
81 of a base LFS system, so the plugin is not required. See the EVMS
82 website at <ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/"/> for more
83 information regarding EVMS.</para>
84 </listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86 </variablelist>
87
88 <para os="e">Compile the package:</para>
89
90<screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
91
92 <para os="g">To test the results, issue:
93 <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
94
95 <para os="h">Install the binaries and documentation:</para>
96
97<screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
98
99 <para os="j">Install the shared libraries:</para>
100
101<screen os="k"><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
102
103 </sect2>
104
105 <sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content">
106 <title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
107
108 <segmentedlist>
109 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
110 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
111
112 <seglistitem>
113 <seg>badblocks, blkid, chattr, compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs,
114 e2fsck, e2image, e2label, findfs, fsck, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3,
115 logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3,
116 mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs, and uuidgen.</seg>
117 <seg>libblkid.[a,so], libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so],
118 libext2fs.[a,so], libss.[a,so], and libuuid.[a,so]</seg>
119 </seglistitem>
120 </segmentedlist>
121
122 <variablelist>
123 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
124 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
125 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
126
127 <varlistentry id="badblocks">
128 <term><command>badblocks</command></term>
129 <listitem>
130 <para>Searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad
131 blocks</para>
132 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks">
133 <primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary>
134 </indexterm>
135 </listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137
138 <varlistentry id="blkid">
139 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
142 attributes</para>
143 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid">
144 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
145 </indexterm>
146 </listitem>
147 </varlistentry>
148
149 <varlistentry id="chattr">
150 <term><command>chattr</command></term>
151 <listitem>
152 <para>Changes the attributes of files on an <systemitem
153 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system; it also
154 changes <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
155 file systems, the journaling version of <systemitem
156 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems</para>
157 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr">
158 <primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary>
159 </indexterm>
160 </listitem>
161 </varlistentry>
162
163 <varlistentry id="compile_et">
164 <term><command>compile_et</command></term>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>An error table compiler; it converts a table of error-code
167 names and messages into a C source file suitable for use with the
168 <filename class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library</para>
169 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et">
170 <primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary>
171 </indexterm>
172 </listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry id="debugfs">
176 <term><command>debugfs</command></term>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>A file system debugger; it can be used to examine and change
179 the state of an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
180 file system</para>
181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs">
182 <primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary>
183 </indexterm>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry id="dumpe2fs">
188 <term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>Prints the super block and blocks group information for the
191 file system present on a given device</para>
192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs">
193 <primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary>
194 </indexterm>
195 </listitem>
196 </varlistentry>
197
198 <varlistentry id="e2fsck">
199 <term><command>e2fsck</command></term>
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair <systemitem
202 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems and <systemitem
203 class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file systems</para>
204 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck">
205 <primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="e2image">
211 <term><command>e2image</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>Is used to save critical <systemitem
214 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system data to a file</para>
215 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image">
216 <primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary>
217 </indexterm>
218 </listitem>
219 </varlistentry>
220
221 <varlistentry id="e2label">
222 <term><command>e2label</command></term>
223 <listitem>
224 <para>Displays or changes the file system label on the <systemitem
225 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system present on a given
226 device</para>
227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label">
228 <primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="findfs">
234 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
237 (UUID)</para>
238 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs">
239 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="fsck">
245 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
248 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck">
249 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
250 </indexterm>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry id="fsck.ext2">
255 <term><command>fsck.ext2</command></term>
256 <listitem>
257 <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
258 file systems</para>
259 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext2">
260 <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext2">fsck.ext2</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="fsck.ext3">
266 <term><command>fsck.ext3</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
269 file systems</para>
270 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext3">
271 <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="logsave">
277 <term><command>logsave</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>Saves the output of a command in a log file</para>
280 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave">
281 <primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary>
282 </indexterm>
283 </listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
285
286 <varlistentry id="lsattr">
287 <term><command>lsattr</command></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>Lists the attributes of files on a second extended file
290 system</para>
291 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr">
292 <primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294 </listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry id="mk_cmds">
298 <term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
299 <listitem>
300 <para>Converts a table of command names and help messages into a C
301 source file suitable for use with the <filename
302 class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
303 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds">
304 <primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary>
305 </indexterm>
306 </listitem>
307 </varlistentry>
308
309 <varlistentry id="mke2fs">
310 <term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
311 <listitem>
312 <para>Creates an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
313 or <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file system on
314 the given device</para>
315 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs">
316 <primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary>
317 </indexterm>
318 </listitem>
319 </varlistentry>
320
321 <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext2">
322 <term><command>mkfs.ext2</command></term>
323 <listitem>
324 <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
325 file systems</para>
326 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext2">
327 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext2">mkfs.ext2</primary>
328 </indexterm>
329 </listitem>
330 </varlistentry>
331
332 <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext3">
333 <term><command>mkfs.ext3</command></term>
334 <listitem>
335 <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
336 file systems</para>
337 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext3">
338 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext3">mkfs.ext3</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="mklost-found">
344 <term><command>mklost+found</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>Used to create a <filename class="directory">lost+found</filename>
347 directory on an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file
348 system; it pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the
349 task of <command>e2fsck</command></para>
350 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found">
351 <primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="resize2fs">
357 <term><command>resize2fs</command></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>Can be used to enlarge or shrink an <systemitem
360 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
361 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs">
362 <primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 <varlistentry id="tune2fs">
368 <term><command>tune2fs</command></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>Adjusts tunable file system parameters on an <systemitem
371 class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
372 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs">
373 <primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
379 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
382 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
383 systems, in the past and in the future</para>
384 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen">
385 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
386 </indexterm>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
391 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
392 <listitem>
393 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
394 extraction</para>
395 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libblkid">
396 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry id="libcom_err">
402 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>The common error display routine</para>
405 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err">
406 <primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 <varlistentry id="libe2p">
412 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term>
413 <listitem>
414 <para>Used by <command>dumpe2fs</command>, <command>chattr</command>,
415 and <command>lsattr</command></para>
416 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p">
417 <primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 <varlistentry id="libext2fs">
423 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para>Contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an
426 <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
427 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs">
428 <primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary>
429 </indexterm>
430 </listitem>
431 </varlistentry>
432
433 <varlistentry id="libss">
434 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term>
435 <listitem>
436 <para>Used by <command>debugfs</command></para>
437 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss">
438 <primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary>
439 </indexterm>
440 </listitem>
441 </varlistentry>
442
443 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
444 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
445 <listitem>
446 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
447 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
448 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid">
449 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
450 </indexterm>
451 </listitem>
452 </varlistentry>
453
454 </variablelist>
455
456 </sect2>
457
458</sect1>
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