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32.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
33.Dt DUMPFS 8
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm dumpfs
37.Nd dump file system information
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm dumpfs
40.Op Fl m
41.Ar filesys | device
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44prints out the super block and cylinder group information
45for the file system or special device specified, unless
46.Fl m
47is specified.
48The listing is very long and detailed.
49.Pp
50.Nm
51is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
52information such as the file system block size, minimum
53free space percentage, and the file system level that
54can be upgraded with the
55.Fl c
56option of
57.Xr fsck_ffs 8 .
58All of this information can be found within the first twenty
59lines of the output.
60.Pp
61If
62.Fl m
63is specified, a
64.Xr newfs 8
65command is output that can be used to generate a new file system
66with equivalent settings.
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr disktab 5 ,
69.Xr fs 5 ,
70.Xr disklabel 8 ,
71.Xr fsck 8 ,
72.Xr fsck_ffs 8 ,
73.Xr growfs 8 ,
74.Xr newfs 8 ,
75.Xr tunefs 8
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79command appeared in
80.Bx 4.2 .
81