XFS for Linux Administration is a guide to the administration of the XFS filesystem on the LInux operating system.This manual supports SGI ProPack v 2.4 for Linux.
This guide is organized into chapters that give procedures for performing filesystem administration tasks. These chapters are:
Chapter 1, “The XFS Filesystem”, which provides an overview of the features of the XFS filesystem
Chapter 2, “Planning an XFS Filesystem”, which provides information on the choices you can make when creating an XFS filesystem
Chapter 3, “Creating Filesystems”, which provides information on creating an XFS filesystem on an empty disk partition or logical volume
Chapter 4, “Filesystem Maintenance”, which provides information on procedures you use for XFS filesystem maintenance
Chapter 5, “Quotas”, which provides information on using disk quotas with XFS filesystems
Chapter 6, “Backup and Recovery Procedures”, which provides information on using the xfsdump and xfsrestore utilities to back up and recover data on XFS filesystems
Appendix A, “XFS Linux and IRIX XFS”, which provides information on the differences between XFS Linux and IRIX XFS
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
| command | This fixed-space font denotes literal items (such as commands, files, routines, pathnames, signals, messages, programming language structures, and e-mail addresses) and items that appear on the screen. | |
| variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| user input | This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user inters in interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font. | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. | |
| manpage(x) | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names. |
When a procedure could result in the loss of files if not performed correctly or should be performed only by knowledgeable users, the procedure is preceded by a Caution. For example:
 | Caution: The procedure in this section can result in the loss of data if it is not performed properly. It is recommended only for experienced IRIX system administrators. |
For more information about XFS for Linux, see these sources:
XFS man pages
SGI ProPack for Linux Start Here
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