| .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. |
| .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| .\" |
| .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) |