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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The e2fsprogs package contains the chattr, lsattr, uuidgen, badblocks,
+debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck, e2label, fsck, fsck.ext2, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2,
+mklost+found and tune2fs programs.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3><title>chattr</title>
+
+<para>
+chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file system.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>lsattr</title>
+
+<para>
+lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>uuidgen</title>
+
+<para>
+The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID) 
+using the libuuid library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique 
+among all UUIDs created on the local system, and among UUIDs created on other
+systems in the past and in the future.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>badblocks</title>
+
+<para>
+badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk 
+partition).
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>debugfs</title>
+
+<para>
+The debugfs program is a file system debugger. It can be used  to examine 
+and change the state of an ext2 file system.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>dumpe2fs</title>
+
+<para>
+dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the 
+filesystem present on a specified device.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>e2fsck and fsck.ext2</title>
+
+<para>
+e2fsck is used to check a Linux second extended file  system. fsck.ext2
+does the same as e2fsck.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>e2label</title>
+
+<para>
+e2label will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem 
+located on the specified device.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>fsck</title>
+
+<para>
+fsck is used to check and optionally repair a Linux file system.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>mke2fs and mkfs.ext2</title>
+
+<para>
+mke2fs is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device 
+(usually a disk partition). mkfs.ext2 does the same as mke2fs.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>mklost+found</title>
+
+<para>
+mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current 
+working directory on a Linux second extended file system. mklost+found 
+pre-allocates disk blocks to the directory to make it usable by e2fsck.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>tune2fs</title>
+
+<para>
+tune2fs  adjusts  tunable filesystem parameters on a Linux second extended 
+filesystem.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+