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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
       information for the file	system or special device specified, unless the
       -f, -l, -m, or -s flag is specified.  The listing is very long and  de-
       tailed.	 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 frag-
       ment 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.	 Frag-
       ment 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
       generate	 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  use-
       ful  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	13.2			 July 2, 2021			     DUMPFS(8)

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