About:
The ext2fsprogs package contains essential ext2 filesystem utilities which consists of e2fsck, mke2fs, debugfs, dumpe2fs, tune2fs, and most of the other core ext2 filesystem utilities.

Author:
Theodore Ts'o <tytso [at] mit [dot] edu> [contact developer]

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8.43/10.00 (6 votes)

Homepage:
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
Tar/GZ:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2406
Changelog:
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html
BSD Ports URL:
http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/e2fsprogs/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		6 - Mature
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Software Development :: Libraries, System :: Filesystems

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.40	01-Jul-2007	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.40	Major bugfixes	01-Jul-2007 21:45
1.38	Minor feature enhancements	17-Oct-2005 17:26
1.35	Minor bugfixes	01-Mar-2004 20:51
1.34	N/A	10-Sep-2003 23:59
1.32	Minor bugfixes	13-Jan-2003 06:05
1.30	N/A	02-Nov-2002 19:56
1.29	Minor bugfixes	25-Sep-2002 00:25
1.28	Minor bugfixes	06-Sep-2002 13:55
1.27	Major bugfixes	19-Mar-2002 21:34
1.26	Major bugfixes	04-Mar-2002 05:30

 Articles referencing this project

• Red Hat: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix several security issues
  by Patrick Lenz , in Security
  Tue, Jan 8th 2008 07:07
  
• Debian: New e2fsprogs packages fix arbitrary code execution
  by Patrick Lenz , in Security
  Sun, Dec 9th 2007 14:52
  
• Tired of fscking? Try a journaling filesystem!
  by Philipp Tomsich , in Editorials
  Sat, Feb 17th 2001 13:30