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36.Dd June 5, 1993
37.Dt DUMPFS 8
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm dumpfs
41.Nd dump file system information
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Ar filesys No \&| Ar device
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm
47prints out the super block and cylinder group information
48for the file system or special device specified.
49The listing is very long and detailed.
50.Pp
51.Nm
52is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
53information such as the file system block size, minimum
54free space percentage, and the file system level that
55can be upgraded with the
56.Fl c
57option of
58.Xr fsck_ffs 8 .
59All of this information can be found within the first twenty
60lines of the output.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr disktab 5 ,
63.Xr fs 5 ,
64.Xr disklabel 8 ,
65.Xr fsck 8 ,
66.Xr fsck_ffs 8 ,
67.Xr newfs 8 ,
68.Xr tunefs 8
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Nm
72command appeared in
73.Bx 4.2 .
74