freebsd-dev/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
Robert Watson fd15d586ee Add a new flag to dumpfs(8), -f, which causes dumpfs to list all free
fragments in the file system by fragment (block) number.  This new
mode does the necessary arithmetic to generate absolute fragment
numbers rather than than the cg-relative numbers printed in the default
mode.

If -f is passed once, contiguous fragment ranges are collapsed into
an X-Y format as free block lists are currently printed in regular
dumpfs output, but if specified twice, all block numbers are printed
individually, allowing both compact and more script-friendly
representation.

This proves quite handy when attempting to recover deleted data, as it
allows exclusion of non-deleted data from blocks searched.
MFC after:	1 week
Discussed with:	jeff, Richard Clayton <richard dot clayton at cl.cam.ac.uk>
Sponsored by:	Google, Inc.
2009-01-28 09:33:00 +00:00

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.\" @(#)dumpfs.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd January 19, 2003
.Dt DUMPFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dumpfs
.Nd dump file system information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl m
.Ar filesys | device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility prints out the super block and cylinder group information
for the file system or special device specified, unless the
.Fl f
or
.Fl m
flag is specified.
The listing is very long and detailed.
This
command is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
information such as the file system block size and minimum
free space percentage.
.Pp
If
.Fl f
is specified, a sorted list of all free fragments and free fragment ranges,
as represented in cylinder group block free lists, is printed.
If the flag is specified twice, contiguous free fragments are not collapsed
into ranges and instead printed in a simple list.
Fragment numbers may be converted to raw byte offsets by multiplying by the
fragment size, which may be useful when recovering deleted data.
.Pp
If
.Fl m
is specified, a
.Xr newfs 8
command is printed that can be used to generate a new file system
with equivalent settings.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disktab 5 ,
.Xr fs 5 ,
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr fsck 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8 ,
.Xr tunefs 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .