Re: [Lilux-help] directory entries - how to get a close look

I now recall having found a command called dump when browsing through the manpages. I tried it like this: root@maxwell:/home/jay# dump -f dirdump . DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Apr 28 00:16:20 2004 DUMP: Dumping /dev/hda5 (/ (dir home/jay)) to dirdump DUMP: Excluding inode 8 (journal inode) from dump DUMP: Excluding inode 7 (resize inode) from dump DUMP: Label: none DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 409643 tape blocks. DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Wed Apr 28 00:16:26 2004 DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: Closing dirdump DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Wed Apr 28 00:17:29 2004 DUMP: Volume 1 421780 tape blocks (411.89MB) DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:01:03 DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 6694 kB/s DUMP: 421780 tape blocks (411.89MB) on 1 volume(s) DUMP: finished in 63 seconds, throughput 6694 kBytes/sec DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Apr 28 00:16:20 2004 DUMP: Date this dump completed: Wed Apr 28 00:17:29 2004 DUMP: Average transfer rate: 6694 kB/s DUMP: DUMP IS DONE root@maxwell:/home/jay# hexdump dirdump | less maybe this helps. But I really can not figure out what to do with all this hexnumbers. Maybe you can as you depict the filesystem. I don't know much about it.