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31.Dd January 19, 2003
32.Dt DUMPFS 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm dumpfs
36.Nd dump file system information
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl m
40.Ar filesys | device
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility prints out the super block and cylinder group information
45for the file system or special device specified, unless
46.Fl m
47is specified.
48The listing is very long and detailed.
49This
50command is useful mostly for finding out certain file system
51information such as the file system block size and minimum
52free space percentage.
53.Pp
54If
55.Fl m
56is specified, a
57.Xr newfs 8
58command is printed that can be used to generate a new file system
59with equivalent settings.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr disktab 5 ,
62.Xr fs 5 ,
63.Xr disklabel 8 ,
64.Xr fsck 8 ,
65.Xr newfs 8 ,
66.Xr tunefs 8
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70utility appeared in
71.Bx 4.2 .
72