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E2UNDO(8)		    System Manager's Manual		     E2UNDO(8)

NAME
       e2undo -	Replay an undo log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

SYNOPSIS
       e2undo  [  -f  ]	 [  -h	] [ -n ] [ -o offset ] [ -v ] [	-z undo_file ]
       undo_log	device

DESCRIPTION
       e2undo will replay the undo log undo_log	 for  an  ext2/ext3/ext4  file
       system found on device.	This can be used to undo a failed operation by
       an e2fsprogs program.

OPTIONS
       -f     Normally,	 e2undo	 will check the	file system superblock to make
	      sure the undo log	matches	with the file system  on  the  device.
	      If  they	do not match, e2undo will refuse to apply the undo log
	      as a safety mechanism.  The -f option disables this safety mech-
	      anism.

       -h     Display a	usage message.

       -n     Dry-run; do not actually write blocks back to the	file system.

       -o offset
	      Specify the file system's	offset (in bytes) from	the  beginning
	      of the device or file.

       -v     Report which block we're currently replaying.

       -z undo_file
	      Before  overwriting  a file system block,	write the old contents
	      of the block to an undo file.  This undo file can	be  used  with
	      e2undo(8)	 to restore the	old contents of	the file system	should
	      something	go wrong.  If  the  empty  string  is  passed  as  the
	      undo_file	 argument,  the	 undo  file  will be written to	a file
	      named e2undo-device.e2undo in the	directory  specified  via  the
	      E2FSPROGS_UNDO_DIR environment variable.

	      WARNING: The undo	file cannot be used to recover from a power or
	      system crash.

AUTHOR
       e2undo	 was	written	   by	 Aneesh	   Kumar    K.V.   (aneesh.ku-
       mar@linux.vnet.ibm.com)

AVAILABILITY
       e2undo  is  part	 of  the  e2fsprogs  package  and  is  available  from
       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO
       mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)

E2fsprogs version 1.47.2	 January 2025			     E2UNDO(8)

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