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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Linux
Commands
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prefix or a plus sign (+) causes the option to be set. Run
e2fsck after changing filetype or sparse_super. The following
options can be cleared or set:
dir_index
Use B-trees to speed up lookups on large directories.
filetype
Save file type information in directory entries.
has_journal
Create an ext3 journal. Same as the -j option.
sparse_super
Save space on large filesystems by limiting the number of
backup superblocks. Same as -s.
-r num
Specify the number of blocks that will be reserved for use by
privileged users.
-s [0|1]
Turn the sparse superblock feature on or off. Run e2fsck after
changing this feature.
-T time
Set the time e2fsck was last run. The time specification is
international date format, with the time optional—i.e.,
YYYYMMDD[[HHMM]SS]. If time is specified as time-last-
checked, the current time is used.
-u user
Allow user (a user ID or name) to use reserved blocks.
-U uuid
Set the UUID of the filesystem to a UUID generated by
uuidgen or to one of the following:
clear
Clear the existing UUID.
random
Randomly generate a new UUID.
time
Generate a new time-based UUID.
tunelp
tunelp device [options]
System administration command. Control a line printer’s device
parameters. Without options, print information about device(s).
Options
-a [on|off]
Specify whether or not to
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