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Theodore Ts'obc210071997-06-17 05:41:36 +00001 This is the new version (1.11) of the second extended file system
Theodore Ts'o21c84b71997-04-29 16:15:03 +00002management programs.
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +00003
Theodore Ts'oae851481997-04-29 18:13:24 +00004 Note: If you are using the RedHat RPM distributions of
5e2fsprogs, don't worry about the next paragraph; all others, please
6read on!
7
8 See the file INSTALL for instructions on building and
9installing e2fsprogs. This is important! Note that your /etc/fstab
10file may need modifying before you install the new fsck program. See
11the INSTALL file for more details.
Theodore Ts'o6f4a1091997-04-26 13:32:25 +000012
13 This version contains programs written by Theodore Ts'o and Remy Card.
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000014This distribution was packaged by Ted and Remy with the help of Stephen Tweedie
15and Alexy Vovenko.
16
17 The programs written or rewritten by Ted are:
18 - libext2fs: a new library containing entries to access the control
19 structures of a second extended file system.
20 - e2fsck: a new file system checker which uses optimized routines.
21 This new checker is much more efficient and safer than the old
22 e2fsck.
23 - mke2fs: a new file system creator which uses the ext2fs library.
24 - debugfs: a file system debugger which can be used to examine and
25 change the state of a file system. Use it with caution since it
26 can corrupt file systems if you are not careful.
27 - fsck: a new fsck front-end. This new fsck can run multiple
28 several file system checks simultanously if they are on different
29 disks.
30
31 The programs written by Remy are:
32 - badblocks: a new bad blocks checker. It can be run by the super
33 user to search for bad blocks on a device and can also be called
34 by e2fsck and mke2fs.
35 - dumpe2fs: a new program which displays the control structure of
36 a file system. To understand the output of this program, one needs
37 to know the physical structure of a second extended file system.
38 - mklost+found: re-creates a lost+found directory if it has been
39 deleted.
40 - tune2fs: adjusts tunable paramaters on a file system.
41 - chattr: changes files attributes and version.
42 - lsattr: lists files attributes and version.
43
44 Manual pages are included in this package.
45
Theodore Ts'o6f4a1091997-04-26 13:32:25 +000046 In case of bugs in these programs, please contact Ted
47<tytso@mit.edu> and Remy <card@masi.ibp.fr>. See the e2fsck man page
48for suggestions of what sort of information to include when submitting
49bug reports for e2fsck.