FSADM(8) FSADM(8)
NAME
fsadm — utility to resize or check filesystem on a device
SYNOPSIS
fsadm [options] check device
fsadm [options] resize device [new_size]
DESCRIPTION
fsadm utility checks or resizes the filesystem on a device. It tries to use the same API for ext2, ext3,
ext4, ReiserFS and XFS filesystem.
OPTIONS
-e|--ext-offline
Unmount ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem before doing resize.
-f|--force
Bypass some sanity checks.
-h|--help
Display the help text.
-n|--dry-run
Print commands without running them.
-v|--verbose
Be more verbose.
-y|--yes
Answer "yes" at any prompts.
new_size[B|K|M|G|T|P|E]
Absolute number of filesystem blocks to be in the filesystem, or an absolute size using a suffix (in
powers of 1024). If new_size is not supplied, the whole device is used.
DIAGNOSTICS
On successful completion, the status code is 0. A status code of 2 indicates the operation was interrupted by
the user. A status code of 3 indicates the requested check operation could not be performed because the
filesystem is mounted and does not support an online fsck(8). A status code of 1 is used for other failures.
EXAMPLES
Resize the filesystem on logical volume /dev/vg/test to 1000 megabytes. If /dev/vg/test contains
ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem it will be unmounted prior the resize. All [y/n] questions will be answered 'y'.
fsadm -e -y resize /dev/vg/test 1000M
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
TMPDIR The temporary directory name for mount points. Defaults to "/tmp".
DM_DEV_DIR
The device directory name. Defaults to "/dev" and must be an absolute path.
SEE ALSO
lvm(8), lvresize(8), lvm.conf(5), fsck(8), tune2fs(8), resize2fs(8), reiserfstune(8), resize_reiserfs(8),
xfs_info(8), xfs_growfs(8), xfs_check(8)
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