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.TH DUMPE2FS 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
dumpe2fs \- dump filesystem information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dumpe2fs
[
.B -b
]
[
.B -V
]
device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BI dumpe2fs
prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem
present on
.I device.
.PP
.BI dumpe2fs
is similar to Berkeley's
.BI dumpfs
program for the BSD Fast File System.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I -b
print the blocks which are reserved as bad in the filesystem.
.TP
.I -V
print the version number of
.B dumpe2fs
and exit.
.SH BUGS
You need to know the physical filesystem structure to understand the
output.
.SH AUTHOR
.B dumpe2fs
was written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer
of the ext2 fs.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B dumpe2fs
is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ibp.fr and tsx-11.mit.edu in
/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR e2fsck (8),
.BR mke2fs (8),
.BR tune2fs (8)