jfs_logdump8

Usage

Overview

jfs_logdump dumps the contents of the journal log from the specified JFS formatted device into output file ./jfslog.dmp.

device is the special file name corresponding to the actual device from which the journal log will be dumped (e.g. /dev/hdb1 ).

jfs_logdump must be run as root.

Options

-a

Dump the entire contents of the journal log instead of just the committed transactions since the last synch point.

Examples

Dump the entire JFS journal log from the 3rd partition of the 2nd hard disk into ./jfslog.dmp:

jfs_logdump -a /dev/hdb3