e2fsprogs

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e2fsprogs
Basic data

developer Theodore Ts'o
Current  version 1.45.6
( March 20, 2020 )
operating system Linux
programming language C.
category File system utilities
License GNU General Public License
e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net

e2fsprogs is a set of software utilities for creating, modifying and maintenance of ext2 - ext3 - and ext4 - file systems .

List of utilities

e2fsprogs consists of the following components:

  • e2 fsck : an fsck program that checks and corrects inconsistencies
  • resize2fs: allows file systems to expand or shrink
  • mke2fs: creates an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
  • dumpe2fs: displays information about the superblock and a group of blocks
  • tune2fs: for changing the parameters of a file system
  • debugfs : is required to manually display or change the internal structures of a file system
  • chattr: is required to change the file attributes
  • lsattr: save additional attributes

See also

Individual evidence

  1. e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net . (accessed on June 4, 2020).
  2. Binh Nguyen: Linux Dictionary . Binh Nguyen ( google.de [accessed October 19, 2018]).
  3. Carla Schroder: Linux Cookbook . O'Reilly Germany, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89721-405-7 ( google.de [accessed October 19, 2018]).
  4. Wulf Alex, Peter H. Ganten: Debian GNU / Linux: Basics, Installation, Administration and Use . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-06500-6 ( google.de [accessed October 19, 2018]).