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30.\"     @(#)dumpfs.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd February 27, 2010
33.Dt DUMPFS 8
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm dumpfs
37.Nd dump file system information
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl acFijmsv
41.Ar filesys No \&| Ar device
42.Op Ar ...
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm
45prints out detailed information about the specified filesystems.
46.Pp
47Options:
48.Bl -tag -width Ds
49.It Fl a
50Print details from each alternate superblock.
51.It Fl c
52Print details of each cylinder group.
53.It Fl F
54Dump a file system image from a file, not a special device.
55.It Fl i
56Print details of each allocated inode.
57.It Fl j
58Print details of the WAPBL journal.
59.It Fl m
60Print details of the cylinder group summary.
61.It Fl s
62Print details of the superblock.
63.It Fl v
64Be even more verbose.
65.El
66.Pp
67If none of
68.Fl a ,
69.Fl c ,
70.Fl i ,
71.Fl j ,
72.Fl m ,
73or
74.Fl s
75are given, then
76.Nm
77defaults to
78.Fl cmsv .
79.Pp
80.Nm
81is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
82information such as the file system block size, minimum
83free space percentage, and the file system level that
84can be upgraded with the
85.Fl c
86option of
87.Xr fsck_ffs 8 .
88All of this information is output by
89.Nm
90.Fl s .
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr disktab 5 ,
93.Xr fs 5 ,
94.Xr disklabel 8 ,
95.Xr fsck 8 ,
96.Xr fsck_ffs 8 ,
97.Xr newfs 8 ,
98.Xr tunefs 8
99.Sh HISTORY
100The
101.Nm
102command appeared in
103.Bx 4.2 .
104The
105.Fl a ,
106.Fl c ,
107.Fl i ,
108.Fl m ,
109and
110.Fl s
111options, and the inode dump were added for
112.Nx 2.0 .
113The
114.Fl j ,
115option was added for
116.Nx 6.0 .
117