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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 mechanism.

     -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-de-
	    vice.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.kumar@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 1.47.4	   March 2025			       E2UNDO(8)

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