mfschunkdbdump(8)

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version 4.59.2 · 3 versions
, in arch rolling, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

✨ mfschunkdbdump(8) ✨

okay bestie, this is a page from the MooseFS manual, and honestly? it's a little one, but it's important. it's mfschunkdbdump, and we're gonna talk about what it does. 🎀

💫 NAME 💫

mfschunkdbdump — dumps data stored by a chunkserver in a chunkdb file

like. that's the whole job. she dumps. she's a dumper. no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mfschunkdbdump chunkdb_filename

yep, that's it. one argument. one. she's low maintenance, she's easy to please, she just needs the path. periodt. ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, bestie: mfschunkdbdump dumps the data that a chunkserver stored inside a chunkdb file, and it dumps it into human-readable (txt) format.

that's the vibe. your chunkdb file is sitting there being all binary and mysterious and unreadable, and this little icon goes in and comes back out with something your actual eyeballs can process. it's giving translator, it's giving interpreter, it's giving "i got you babe" 🫶

no options, no flags, no drama. you hand her a chunkdb_filename and she hands you back text. main character energy fr fr. 💖

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't just suffer in silence, bestie, that's not the move. report it to <bugs@moosefs.com>.

like genuinely, tell them. they wanna know. we all wanna know. 🙈

Copyright (C) 2026 Jakub Kruszona-Zawadzki, Saglabs SA

This file is part of MooseFS.

MooseFS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 (only).

MooseFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

okay so real talk for a sec: that "version 2 (only)" bit is not a vibe suggestion, it means only version 2 of the GPL. and that ALL CAPS section about NO WARRANTY is also very much for real — no guarantees that it'll do anything in particular. the license said it, not me. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and that's the page, bestie!! 🧚 this one came to you from MooseFS 4.59.2-1, dated May 2026. go dump some chunkdbs. slay. ⭐💖✨

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