e2undo(8) — Linux manual page

E2UNDO(8)                System Manager's Manual                E2UNDO(8)

NAME         top

       e2undo - Replay an undo log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

SYNOPSIS         top

       e2undo [ -f ] [ -h ] [ -n ] [ -o offset ] [ -v ] [ -z undo_file ]
       undo_log device

DESCRIPTION         top

       e2undo will replay the undo log undo_log for an ext2/ext3/ext4
       file system found on device.  This can be used to undo a failed
       operation by an e2fsprogs program.

OPTIONS         top

       -f     Normally, e2undo will check the file system superblock to
              make sure the undo log matches with the file system on the
              device.  If they do not match, e2undo will refuse to apply
              the undo log as a safety mechanism.  The -f option disables
              this safety mechanism.

       -h     Display a usage message.

       -n     Dry-run; do not actually write blocks back to the file
              system.

       -o offset
              Specify the file system's offset (in bytes) from the
              beginning of the device or file.

       -v     Report which block we're currently replaying.

       -z undo_file
              Before overwriting a file system block, write the old
              contents of the block to an undo file.  This undo file can
              be used with e2undo(8) to restore the old contents of the
              file system should something go wrong.  If the empty string
              is passed as the undo_file argument, the undo file will be
              written to a file named e2undo-device.e2undo in the
              directory specified via the E2FSPROGS_UNDO_DIR environment
              variable.

              WARNING: The undo file cannot be used to recover from a
              power or system crash.

AUTHOR         top

       e2undo was written by Aneesh Kumar K.V.
       (aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com)

AVAILABILITY         top

       e2undo is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO         top

       mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)

COLOPHON         top

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E2fsprogs version 1.47.2       January 2025                     E2UNDO(8)

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