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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, the file system is marshalled in terms of a
57.Xr newfs 8
58command to generate the file system.
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr disktab 5 ,
61.Xr fs 5 ,
62.Xr disklabel 8 ,
63.Xr fsck 8 ,
64.Xr newfs 8 ,
65.Xr tunefs 8
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69utility appeared in
70.Bx 4.2 .
71