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TUNE2FS (8)

adjust tunable filesystem parameters on second extended filesystems

SYNOPSIS

    tune2fs [ -l ] [ -c max-mount-counts ] [ -e errors-behavior ] [ -i interval-between-checks ] [ -m reserved-blocks-percentage ] [ -r reserved-blocks-count ] [ -s sparse-super-flag ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -C mount-count ] [ -L volume-name ] [ -M last-mounted-directory ] [ -O [^]feature[,...] ] [ -U UUID ] device

DESCRIPTION

    tune2fs adjusts tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended filesystem.

OPTIONS

    -c max-mount-counts

      adjust the maximal mounts count between two filesystem checks.

    -e error-behavior

      change the behavior of the kernel code when errors are detected. error-behavior can be one of the following: \ continue\ \ Continue normal execution. \ remount-ro\ Remount filesystem read-only. \ panic\ \ Cause a kernel panic.

    -g group

      set the user group which can benefit from the reserved blocks. group can be a numerical gid or a group name.

    -i interval-between-checks\fR[\fBd\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBw\fR]

      adjust the maximal time between two filesystem checks. No postfix or d result in days, m in months, and w in weeks. A value of zero will disable the timedependent checking.

    -l

      list the contents of the filesystem superblock.

    -m reserved-blocks-percentage

      adjust the reserved blocks percentage on the given device.

    -r reserved-blocks-count

      adjust the reserved blocks count on the given device.

    -s sparse_super_flag

      set or reset the sparse_superblock flag. The sparse_superblock feature saves space on really big filesystems. Warning: The Linux 2.0 kernel does not properly support this feature. Neither do all Linux 2.1 kernels; please don't use this unless you know what you're doing!

    -u user

      set the user who can benefit from the reserved blocks. user can be a numerical uid or a user name.

    -C mount-count

      set the number of times the filesystem has been mounted.

    -L volume-label

      set the volume label of the filesystem. Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if volume-label is longer than 16 characters, tune2fs will truncate it and print a warning message.

    -M last-mounted-directory

      set the last-mounted directory for the filesystem.

    -O \fR[^]\fIfeature\fR[,...]

      set or clear the indicated filesystem features (options) in the filesystem. Feature can be one of the following supported filesystem options: sparse , which cause the filesystem to use sparse superblocks, and filetype , which will cause the filesystem to store file type information in directory entries. After setting or clearing either filesystem feature, e2fsck must be run on the filesystem.

    -U UUID

      set the UUID of the filesystem. A sample UUID looks like this: "c1b9d5a2-f162-11cf-9ece-0020afc76f16". The uuid may also be null , which will set the filesystem UUID to the null UUID. The uuid may also be random , which will generate a new random UUID for the filesystem.

BUGS

    We haven't found any bugs yet. Perhaps there are bugs but it's unlikely.

WARNING

    Never use tune2fs to change parameters of a read/write mounted filesystem! Use this utility at your own risk. You're modifying a filesystem!

AUTHOR

    tune2fs was written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer of the ext2 fs. tune2fs uses the ext2fs library written by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>. This manual page was written by Christian Kuhtz <chk@data-hh.Hanse.DE>. Timedependent checking was added by Uwe Ohse <uwe@tirka.gun.de>.

AVAILABILITY

    tune2fs is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available for anonymous ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs.

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