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DUMPFS(8)		     System Manager's Manual		       DUMPFS(8)

NAME
     dumpfs -- dump UFS file system information

SYNOPSIS
     dumpfs [-f] [-l] [-m] [-s] filesys | device

DESCRIPTION
     The dumpfs utility prints out the UFS super block and cylinder group infor-
     mation  for the file system or special device specified, unless the -f, -l,
     -m, or -s flag is specified.  The listing is very long and detailed.   This
     command  is  useful  mostly for finding out certain file system information
     such as the file system block size and minimum free space percentage.

     If -f is specified, a sorted list of all free fragments and  free	fragment
     ranges,  as represented in cylinder group block free lists, is printed.  If
     the flag is specified twice, contiguous free fragments  are  not  collapsed
     into  ranges and instead printed in a simple list.  Fragment numbers may be
     converted to raw byte offsets by multiplying by the  fragment  size,  which
     may be useful when recovering deleted data.

     If  -l  is  specified,  the pathname to the file system's container derived
     from its unique identifier is printed.

     If -m is specified, a newfs(8) command is printed that can be used to  gen-
     erate  a  new  file  system  with	equivalent  settings.	Please note that
     newfs(8) options -E, -R, -S, and -T are not handled and -p is not useful in
     this case so is omitted.  The  newfs(8)  options  -n  and	-r  are  neither
     checked  for  nor	output	but  should  be.   The	-r flag is needed if the
     filesystem uses gjournal(8).

     If -s is specified, only the super block information is printed.

SEE ALSO
     fs(5), fsck(8), gpart(8), newfs(8), tunefs(8)

HISTORY
     The dumpfs utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

FreeBSD 15.1			  July 2, 2021			       DUMPFS(8)

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