On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 18:21:49 +0200 Frank Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 05:14:29PM +0200, Mark Clarke wrote: >> >> Given the slow death of the ext file system it would be appropriate to >> remove debugfs and dumpe2fs and with the growth in xfs I think it >> would be more appropriate to give xfs greater attention. I have never >> used debugfs nor dumep2fs for anything useful. Tune2fs used to be useful >> and still is occasionally. >> >> Could someone let me know how to use debugfs and dume2fs in any useful >> way? I really want to know as a non file system developer. I have >> exhausted my google foo and the only example one ever sees about debugfs >> is undeletling a file and this stopped working long ago as far as I >> understand it. > > I used debugfs sometimes in the past. It was mostly to check a file system > covered/below a mount. Which is a use that goes beyond what an LPIC-101 Minimally Qualified Candidate is supposed to know. > And I still use ext(2|3|4) FS - it depends on the system (especially the > amount of RAM). IMHO it is still more stable than XFS or Btrfs. I recently read Red Hat dropped support for BTRFS: https://servers-linux.ro/red-hat-to-drop-support-for-btrfs-linux-magazine/ Red Hat to Drop Support for Btrfs ยป Linux Magazine 09/08/2017 Are there major distributions that do not use ext4 as the default filesystem at installation time on servers, desktops and laptops? > At least > *I* didn't have big issues with extX as I had with XFS or Btrfs. But > experiences differ. > To be on topic: IMHO it doesn't make sense that debugfs or dumpe2fs are even > "mentioned" by LPI. I agree here too. -- Alessandro Selli http://alessandro.route-add.net VOIP SIP: [email protected] Chiavi PGP/GPG keys: B7FD89FD, 4A904FD9 _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
