March 6, 2012

Utilities Available for ext4 file system

Utilities Available for ext4 file system

  1. e2fsck
    Used to repair an ext4 file system. This tool checks and repairs an ext4 file system more efficiently than ext3, thanks to updates in the ext4 disk structure.
  2. e2label
    Changes the label on an ext4 file system. This tool also works on ext2 and ext3 file systems.
  3. quota
    Controls and reports on disk space (blocks) and file (inode) usage by users and groups on an ext4 file system. For more information on using quota, refer to man quota and Section 18.1, “Configuring Disk Quotas”.
  4. debugfs
    Debugs ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems.
  5. e2image
    Saves critical ext2, ext3, or ext4 file system metadata to a file.
Last updated: March 19, 2014