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@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" xreflabel="E2fsprogs" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" role="wrap">
<title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="e2fsprogs.html"?>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs"><primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the
+<systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system. It also supports
+the <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> journaling file system.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -17,12 +20,18 @@
<seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>4.9 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>E2fsprogs installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
+Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
-<para>Create a build directory:</para>
+<para>It is recommended that E2fsprogs be built in a subdirectory of the source tree:
+</para>
<screen><userinput>mkdir build
cd build</userinput></screen>
@@ -32,6 +41,39 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>../configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
--enable-elf-shlibs --disable-evms</userinput></screen>
+<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the
+<command>e2fsck</command> program) are considered essential programs.
+When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not
+mounted, these essential programs need to be available. They belong in
+directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
+<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not
+passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into the
+<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not
+where they should be.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--enable-elf-shlibs</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This creates the shared libraries which some programs
+in this package use.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--disable-evms</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This disables the building of the Enterprise Volume
+Management System (EVMS) plugin. This plugin is not up-to-date with
+the latest EVMS internal interfaces and EVMS is not installed as part
+of a base LFS system, so the plugin is not required. See the EVMS
+website at <ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/"/> for more
+information regarding EVMS.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
@@ -43,16 +85,296 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>Also install the shared libraries:</para>
+<para>Install the shared libraries:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
+
+
<sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content"><title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>badblocks, blkid, chattr,
+compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck, e2image, e2label, findfs, fsck,
+fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3,
+mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs, and uuidgen.</seg>
+<seg>libblkid.[a,so], libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so],
+libext2fs.[a,so], libss.[a,so], and libuuid.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="badblocks">
+<term><command>badblocks</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks"><primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="blkid">
+<term><command>blkid</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A command line utility to locate and print block device attributes</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid"><primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="chattr">
+<term><command>chattr</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Changes the attributes of files on an <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system; it also changes <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file systems, the journaling version of
+<systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr"><primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="compile_et">
+<term><command>compile_et</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>An error table compiler; it converts a table of error-code names and
+messages into a C source file suitable for use with the <filename
+class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et"><primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="debugfs">
+<term><command>debugfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A file system debugger; it can be used to examine and change the
+state of an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs"><primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="dumpe2fs">
+<term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Prints the super block and blocks group information for the file
+system present on a given device</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs"><primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="e2fsck">
+<term><command>e2fsck</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Is used to check, and optionally repair <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file systems and <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="e2image">
+<term><command>e2image</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Is used to save critical <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
+file system data to a file</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image"><primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="e2label">
+<term><command>e2label</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Displays or changes the file system label on the <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system present on a given device</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label"><primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="findfs">
+<term><command>findfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs"><primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="fsck">
+<term><command>fsck</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck"><primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="fsck.ext2">
+<term><command>fsck.ext2</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
+file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext2"><primary
+sortas="b-fsck.ext2">fsck.ext2</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="fsck.ext3">
+<term><command>fsck.ext3</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
+file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext3"><primary
+sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="logsave">
+<term><command>logsave</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Saves the output of a command in a log file</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave"><primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="lsattr">
+<term><command>lsattr</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr"><primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mk_cmds">
+<term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Converts a table of command names and helps messages into a C
+source file suitable for use with the <filename
+class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mke2fs">
+<term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Is used to create a second extended file system on the given
+device</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mkfs.ext2">
+<term><command>mkfs.ext2</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
+file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext2"><primary
+sortas="b-mkfs.ext2">mkfs.ext2</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mkfs.ext3">
+<term><command>mkfs.ext3</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
+file systems</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext3"><primary
+sortas="b-mkfs.ext3">mkfs.ext3</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mklost-found">
+<term><command>mklost+found</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used to create a <filename class="directory">lost+found</filename>
+directory on an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system;
+it pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the task of
+<command>e2fsck</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found"><primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="resize2fs">
+<term><command>resize2fs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Can be used to enlarge or shrink an <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs"><primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="tune2fs">
+<term><command>tune2fs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Adjusts tunable file system parameters on an <systemitem
+class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs"><primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="uuidgen">
+<term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
+among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the
+past and in the future</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen"><primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libblkid">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Contains routines for device identification and token extraction</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libblkid"><primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libcom_err">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>The common error display routine</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err"><primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libe2p">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used by <command>dumpe2fs</command>, <command>chattr</command>,
+and <command>lsattr</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p"><primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libext2fs">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an
+<systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs"><primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libss">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used by <command>debugfs</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss"><primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="libuuid">
+<term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
+that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid"><primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+