Information about the package, jfsutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The jfsutils package is designed for, Utilities for managing the JFS filesystem.
Package Name:
jfsutils
Summary:
Utilities for managing the JFS filesystem
Description:
The jfsutils package contains a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in JFS filesystems. The following utilities are available: fsck.jfs - initiate replay of the JFS transaction log, and check and repair a JFS formatted device; logdump - dump a JFS formatted device's journal log; logredo - "replay" a JFS formatted device's journal log; mkfs.jfs - create a JFS formatted partition; xchkdmp - dump the contents of a JFS fsck log file created with xchklog; xchklog - extract a log from the JFS fsck workspace into a file; xpeek - shell-type JFS file system editor.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.13
Release:
9.el6
Size:
238 k
Repository:
extras
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the jfsutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install jfsutils
This command will install jfsutils on the server.
yum remove jfsutils
This command will un-install jfsutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jfsutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove jfsutils
This command will un-install jfsutils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jfsutils when using the -y flag.
yum update jfsutils
This command will update jfsutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jfsutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update jfsutils
This command will update jfsutils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jfsutils when using the -y flag.
yum info jfsutils
This command will show you core information about the jfsutils package.
yum deplist jfsutils
This command will show you the dependencies for jfsutils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update jfsutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on jfsutils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.