Re: xfs_repair segfaults

Ole Tange
2013-03-04T09:00:30Z

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net> wrote:
> On 3/1/13 3:37 AM, Ole Tange wrote:

>> Please consider providing an example in the man page for xfs_metadump e.g:
>>
>> xfs_metadump.sh -g /dev/sda2 meta.dump
>
> From the manpage,
>
> SYNOPSIS
> xfs_metadump [ -efgow ] [ -l logdev ] source target
>
> The source argument must be the pathname of
> the device or file containing the XFS filesystem
>
> and
>
> the target argument specifies the destination file name.
>
> is not enough?

I have never run xfs_metadump before and I am in a state of worry that
my filesystem is toast. I would therefore like to be re-assured that
what I am doing is correct. I did that by reading and re-reading the
manual to make sure I had understood it correctly. By providing me
with an example of the right way to do it in the man page, I will feel
more confident that what I am about to do it correct and I could
probably save time by not having to re-read the manual.

So I am not saying the information is not there, what I am saying is
that you in a simple way could make it easier to grasp the
information.

/Ole