1xfs_admin(8) System Manager's Manual xfs_admin(8)
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6 xfs_admin - change parameters of an XFS filesystem
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9 xfs_admin [ -eflu ] [ -L label ] [ -U uuid ] device
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12 xfs_admin uses the xfs_db(8) command to modify various parameters of a
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15 Devices that are mounted cannot be modified. Administrators must
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21 -e Enables unwritten extent support on a filesystem that does not
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24 -f Specifies that the filesystem image to be processed is stored in
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27 -j Enables version 2 log format (journal format supporting larger
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30 -l Print the current filesystem label.
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36 Set the filesystem label to label. XFS filesystem labels can be
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43 Set the UUID of the filesystem to uuid. A sample UUID looks
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49 The mount(8) manual entry describes how to mount a filesystem using its
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53 mkfs.xfs(8), mount(8), xfs_db(8), xfs_growfs(8), xfs(5).
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