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30.\"     @(#)dumpfs.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd January 3, 2004
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 acFimsv
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 m
58Print details of the cylinder group summary.
59.It Fl s
60Print details of the superblock.
61.It Fl v
62Be even more verbose.
63.El
64.Pp
65If none of
66.Fl a ,
67.Fl c ,
68.Fl i ,
69.Fl m ,
70or
71.Fl s
72are given, then
73.Nm
74defaults to
75.Fl cmsv .
76.Pp
77.Nm
78is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
79information such as the file system block size, minimum
80free space percentage, and the file system level that
81can be upgraded with the
82.Fl c
83option of
84.Xr fsck_ffs 8 .
85All of this information is output by
86.Nm
87.Fl s .
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr disktab 5 ,
90.Xr fs 5 ,
91.Xr disklabel 8 ,
92.Xr fsck 8 ,
93.Xr fsck_ffs 8 ,
94.Xr newfs 8 ,
95.Xr tunefs 8
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Nm
99command appeared in
100.Bx 4.2 .
101The
102.Fl a ,
103.Fl c ,
104.Fl i ,
105.Fl m ,
106and
107.Fl s
108options, and the inode dump were added for
109.Nx 2.0 .
110