xfs_admin
change parameters of an XFS filesystem
1. xfs_admin.8.man
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xfs_admin
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)Index Return to Main Contents
NAME
xfs_admin - change parameters of an XFS filesystemSYNOPSIS
xfs_admin [ -eflu ] [ -L label ] [ -U uuid ] deviceDESCRIPTION
xfs_admin uses the xfs_db(8) command to modify various parameters of a filesystem.Devices that are mounted cannot be modified. Administrators must unmount filesystems before xfs_admin or xfs_db(8) can convert parameters. A number of parameters of a mounted filesystem can be examined and modified using the xfs_growfs(8) command.
OPTIONS
- -e
- Enables unwritten extent support on a filesystem that does not already have this enabled (for legacy filesystems, it can't be disabled anymore at mkfs time).
- -f
- Specifies that the filesystem image to be processed is stored in a regular file at device (see the mkfs.xfs -d file option).
- -j
- Enables version 2 log format (journal format supporting larger log buffers).
- -l
- Print the current filesystem label.
- -u
- Print the current filesystem UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier).
- -L label
- Set the filesystem label to label. XFS filesystem labels can be at most 12 characters long; if label is longer than 12 characters, xfs_admin will truncate it and print a warning message. The filesystem label can be cleared using the special "--" value for label.
- -U uuid
- Set the UUID of the filesystem to uuid. A sample UUID looks like this: "c1b9d5a2-f162-11cf-9ece-0020afc76f16". The uuid may also be nil, which will set the filesystem UUID to the null UUID. The uuid may also be generate, which will generate a new UUID for the filesystem.
The mount(8) manual entry describes how to mount a filesystem using its label or UUID, rather than its block special device name.
SEE ALSO
mkfs.xfs(8), mount(8), xfs_db(8), xfs_growfs(8), xfs(5).
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