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.TH TUNE2FS 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
tune2fs \- adjust tunable filesystem parameters on second extended filesystems
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tune2fs
[
.B \-l
]
[
.B \-c
.I max-mount-counts
]
[
.B \-e
.I errors-behavior
]
[
.B \-i
.I interval-between-checks
]
[
.B \-j
]
[
.B \-J
.I journal-options
]
[
.B \-m
.I reserved-blocks-percentage
]
[
.B \-r
.I reserved-blocks-count
]
[
.B \-s
.I sparse-super-flag
]
[
.B \-u
.I user
]
[
.B \-g
.I group
]
[
.B \-C
.I mount-count
]
[
.B \-L
.I volume-name
]
[
.B \-M
.I last-mounted-directory
]
[
.B \-O
.RI [^] feature [,...]
]
[
.B \-U
.I UUID
]
device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BI tune2fs
adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended filesystem.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-c " max-mount-counts"
Adjust the maximal mounts count between two filesystem checks. If
.I max-mount-counts
is 0 then the number of times the filesystem is mounted will be disregarded
by e2fsck and the kernel.
.TP
.BI \-C " mount-count"
Set the number of times the filesystem has been mounted.
Can be used in conjunction with -c to force an fsck on
the filesystem at the next reboot.
.TP
.BI \-e " error-behavior"
Change the behavior of the kernel code when errors are detected.
.I error-behavior
can be one of the following:
.RS 1.2i
.TP 1.2i
.B continue
Continue normal execution.
.TP
.B remount-ro
Remount filesystem read-only.
.TP
.B panic
Cause a kernel panic.
.RE
.TP
.BI \-g " group"
Set the group which can use reserved filesystem blocks.
The
.I group
parameter can be a numerical gid or a group name. If a group name is given,
it is converted to a numerical gid before it is stored in the superblock.
.TP
.B \-i " \fIinterval-between-checks\fR[\fBd\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBw\fR]"
Adjust the maximal time between two filesystem checks.
No postfix or
.B d
result in days,
.B m
in months, and
.B w
in weeks. A value of zero will disable the timedependent checking.
.TP
.B -j
Add an ext3 journal to the filesystem. If the
.B \-J
option is not specified, the default journal parameters will used will create
an appropriately sized journal (given the size of the filesystem)
stored within the filesystem. Note that you must be using a kernel
which has ext3 support in order to actually make use of the journal.
.TP
.BR \-J " journal_options"
Override the default ext3 journal parameters. Journal options are comma
separated, and may take an argument using the equals ('=') sign.
The following journal options are supported:
.RS 1.2i
.TP
.BI size= journal-size
Create a journal stored in the filesystem of size
.IR journal-size .
The size of the journal must be between 1024 and 10,240 filesystem blocks and
there must be sufficient free space in the filesystem to create a journal of
that size.
@JDEV@.TP
@JDEV@.BI device= external-journal
@JDEV@Add an external journal found on a block device
@JDEV@named by
@JDEV@.I external-journal
@JDEV@to the filesystem.
@JDEV@The external
@JDEV@journal must have been already created using the command
@JDEV@.B mke2fs -O journal_dev
@JDEV@.IR journal-device.
.RE
@JDEV@.IP
@JDEV@Only one of the
@JDEV@.BR size " or " device
@JDEV@options can be given for a filesystem.
.TP
.B \-l
List the contents of the filesystem superblock.
.TP
.BI \-L " volume-label"
Set the volume label of the filesystem.
Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
.I volume-label
is longer than 16 characters,
.B tune2fs
will truncate it and print a warning.
.TP
.BI \-m " reserved-blocks-percentage"
Set the percentage of reserved filesystem blocks.
.TP
.BI \-M " last-mounted-directory"
Set the last-mounted directory for the filesystem.
.TP
.BI \-O " \fR[^]\fIfeature\fR[,...]"
set or clear the indicated filesystem features (options) in the filesystem.
More than one filesystem feature can be cleared or set by separating
features with commas. Filesystem features prefixed with a
caret character ('^') will be cleared in the filesystem's superblock;
filesystem features without a prefix character or prefixed with a plus
character ('+') will be added to the filesystem.
.IP
The following filesystem features can be set or cleared using
.BR
tune2fs :
.RS 1.2i
.TP
.B sparse_super
Limit the number of backup superblocks to save space on large filesystems.
.TP
.B filetype
Store file type information in
directory entries.
.TP
.B has_journal
Create an ext3 journal (as if using the
.B \-j
option).
.RE
.IP
After setting or clearing any filesystem feature,
.BR e2fsck (8)
must be run on the filesystem to return the filesystem to a
consistent state.
This option must not be used on mounted filesystems.
.IP
.B Warning:
Linux kernels before 2.0.39 do not support the sparse_super
or filetype features; neither do all Linux 2.1 kernels.
Enabling certain filesystem features
may prevent the filesystem from being mounted on older kernels.
.TP
.BI \-r " reserved-blocks-count"
Set the number of reserved filesystem blocks.
.TP
.BI \-s " sparse_super_flag"
set or reset the sparse_superblock flag. The sparse_super feature
saves space on really big filesystems. This is the same as using the
.B "\-O sparse_super"
option.
.IP
.B Warning:
The Linux kernels before 2.0.39 do not support this feature. Neither do
all Linux 2.1 kernels; please don't use this unless you know what you're
doing! You need to run
.BR e2fsck (8)
on the filesystem after changing this feature in order to have a valid
filesystem.
.TP
.BI \-u " user"
Set the user who can use the reserved filesystem blocks.
.I user
can be a numerical uid or a user name. If a user name is given, it
is converted to a numerical uid before it is stored in the superblock.
.TP
.BI \-U " UUID"
set the universally unique identifier (UUID) of the filesystem to
.IR UUID .
The format of the UUID is a series of hex digits separated by hypthens,
like this:
"c1b9d5a2-f162-11cf-9ece-0020afc76f16".
The
.I UUID
parameter may also be one of the following:
.RS 1.2i
.TP
.I clear
clear the filesystem UUID
.TP
.I random
generate a new randomly-generated UUID
.TP
.I time
generate a new time-based UUID
.RE
.IP
See
.BR uuidgen (8)
for more information.
If the system does not have a good random number generator such as
.I /dev/random
or
.IR /dev/urandom ,
.B tune2fs
will automatically use a time-based UUID instead of a randomly-generated UUID.
.SH BUGS
We haven't found any bugs yet. That doesn't mean there aren't any...
.SH AUTHOR
.B tune2fs
was written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.
.B tune2fs
uses the ext2fs library written by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>.
This manual page was written by Christian Kuhtz <chk@data-hh.Hanse.DE>.
Timedependent checking was added by Uwe Ohse <uwe@tirka.gun.de>.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B tune2fs
is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dumpe2fs (8),
.BR e2fsck (8),
.BR mke2fs (8)