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DUMPE2FS(8) DUMPE2FS(8)
NAME
dumpe2fs - dump filesystem information
SYNOPSIS
dumpe2fs [ -b ] [ -V ] device
DESCRIPTION
dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group informa-
tion for the filesystem present on device.
dumpe2fs is similar to Berkeley's dumpfs program for the
BSD Fast File System.
OPTIONS
-b print the blocks which are reserved as bad in the
filesystem.
-V print the version number of dumpe2fs and exit.
BUGS
You need to know the physical filesystem structure to
understand the output.
AUTHOR
dumpe2fs was written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the
developer and maintainer of the ext2 fs.
AVAILABILITY
dumpe2fs is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available
for anonymous ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/pack-
ages/ext2fs.
SEE ALSO
e2fsck(8), mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)
E2fsprogs version 1.14 January 1999 1
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