FSEXTMOUNT(1)

💖 fsextmount(1) — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to fsextmount(1) — yes that's the manual name, and yes it's from the LOCAL section, and yes we're gonna get you mounting ext volumes like it's nothing. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

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✨ NAME ✨

fsextmount — mounts an Extended File System (ext) volume. that's the whole job. that's the assignment. she ate. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fsextmount [-o offset] [-hvV] source

that's it. that's the whole vibe. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so fsextmount is a utility to mount an Extended File System (ext) volume. literally what it says on the tin, no cap.

and here's the lore: fsextmount is part of the libfsext package. libfsext is a library to access the Extended File System (ext) format. so like, the library is the main character and this tool is the friend that shows up and makes everything work. 🫶

source is the source file. that's the thing you're pointing at. the file. the source. (iykyk)

The options are as follows:

• -h — shows this help. the "help me bestie" button. 🆘
• -o offset — specify the volume offset in bytes. so if your volume is not at the very start of the file, you tell her exactly where to look. precise. ✨
• -v — verbose output to stderr. she gets chatty. she tells you everything she's doing. main character energy fr fr.
• -V — print version. just so you know which era of fsextmount you're dealing with. 💖
• -X extended_options — extended options to pass to sub system. yes, extended_options is the literal name in the synopsis-adjacent docs. pass them along to the sub system, whatever the sub system wants. no further details given, so no further details from me, bestie. 🤷♀️

also real talk: the SYNOPSIS line up top only shows [-o offset] [-hvV], and then the options list throws -X extended_options at you too. that's just how this page is. I'm not editing the queen's handwriting. 💀

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

None.

like, none at all. no environment variables. the environment is not involved. she works alone. 🌈

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🎀 FILES 🎀

None.

no files. nothing to see here. move along. ✨

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💜 EXAMPLES 💜

okay here's the moment you've been waiting for, the demo, the runway walk:

# fsextmount /dev/sda1
fsextmount 20210729

look at her go. 😭 she mounted /dev/sda1 and printed fsextmount 20210729. iconic. no notes. 🔥

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👑 DIAGNOSTICS 👑

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled.

and important caveat bestie, listen up: verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation. so if you built it without those, -v is not gonna summon the gossip. it's giving "the vibes were compiled out". 💀

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💀 BUGS 💀

Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsext/

any kind, bestie. any. kind. do not sit on a bug. do not gatekeep a bug. tell the maintainers. 🫶

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz. the pen was held, the lore was documented, the queen was served. 👑

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (C) 2010-2024, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

read that again for me: NO warranty. not even for MERCHANTABILITY. not even for FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. she is free software and she is honest about it. slay but also be careful. 💅

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• fsextinfo(1)

go read that one next, bestie. it's her sister. 🌸

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and that's the page!! brought to you by the libfsext girlies, dated July 29, 2021 — like, the whole libfsext manual set, that's the version and the date, and I'm mentioning them here at the very end like the little sign-off it is. mwah. 💖✨🎀