Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 5. File Systems

XFS-2.6.25

Introduction to XFS

The XFS package contains administration and debugging tools for the XFS file system.

Package Information

Installation of XFS

[Note]

Note

If you did not install the E2fsprogs package in LFS, you must install it, or UUID before proceeding with the installation of XFS.

Install XFS by running the following commands: 

sed -i 's/autoconf//' Makefile &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed -i 's/autoconf//' Makefile: This command disables running autoconf because it is unnecessary.

Contents

Installed Programs: fsck.xfs, mkfs.xfs, xfs_admin, xfs_bmap, xfs_check, xfs_copy, xfs_db, xfs_freeze, xfs_growfs, xfs_info, xfs_io, xfs_logprint, xfs_mkfile, xfs_ncheck, xfs_repair, and xfs_rtcp
Installed Library: libhandle.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/xfsprogs

Short Descriptions

fsck.xfs

simply exits with a zero status, since XFS partitions are checked at mount time.

mkfs.xfs

constructs an XFS file system.

xfs_admin

changes the parameters of an XFS file system.

xfs_bmap

prints block mapping for an XFS file.

xfs_check

checks XFS file system consistency.

xfs_copy

copies the contents of an XFS file system to one or more targets in parallel.

xfs_db

is used to debug an XFS file system.

xfs_freeze

suspends access to an XFS file system.

xfs_growfs

expands an XFS file system.

xfs_info

is equivalent to invoking xfs_growfs, but specifying that no change to the file system is to be made.

xfs_io

is a debugging tool like xfs_db, but is aimed at examining the regular file I/O path rather than the raw XFS volume itself.

xfs_logprint

prints the log of an XFS file system.

xfs_mkfile

creates an XFS file, padded with zeroes by default.

xfs_ncheck

generates pathnames from inode numbers for an XFS file system.

xfs_repair

repairs corrupt or damaged XFS file systems.

xfs_rtcp

copies a file to the real-time partition on an XFS file system.

libhandle.so

contains functions to map filesystem handles to a corresponding open file descriptor for that filesystem.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600