xfs_ncheck(8) System Manager's Manual xfs_ncheck(8)
NAME
xfs_ncheck - generate pathnames from i-numbers for XFS
SYNOPSIS
xfs_ncheck [ -i ino ] ... [ -f ] [ -s ] [ -l logdev ] device
xfs_ncheck -V
DESCRIPTION
xfs_ncheck with no -i arguments generates an inode number and pathname
list of all files on the given filesystem. Names of directory files are
followed by /.. The output is not sorted in any particular order. The
filesystem to be examined is specified by the device argument, which
should be the disk or volume device for the filesystem. Filesystems
stored in files can also be checked, using the -f flag.
OPTIONS
-f Specifies that the filesystem image to be processed is stored
in a regular file at device (see the mkfs.xfs -d file option).
This might happen if an image copy of a filesystem has been
made into an ordinary file.
-l logdev
Specifies the device where the filesystem's external log re-
sides. Only for those filesystems which use an external log.
See the mkfs.xfs -l option, and refer to xfs(5) for a detailed
description of the XFS log.
-s Limits the report to special files and files with setuserid
mode. This option may be used to detect violations of security
policy.
-i ino Limits the report to only those files whose inode numbers fol-
low. May be given multiple times to select multiple inode num-
bers.
-V Prints the version number and exits.
If the filesystem is seriously corrupted, or very busy and looks like it
is corrupt, a message of the form that would be generated by the
xfs_db(8) "check" command may appear.
xfs_ncheck is only useful with XFS filesystems.
SEE ALSO
mkfs.xfs(8), xfs(5).
xfs_ncheck(8)
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