xfs\_ncheck(8) System Manager's Manual xfs\_ncheck(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

xfs\_ncheck - generate pathnames from i-numbers for XFS

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**xfs\_ncheck** \[ **-i** *ino* ] ... \[ **-f** ] \[ **-s** ] \[ **-l** *logdev* ] *device*  
**xfs\_ncheck -V**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**xfs\_ncheck** with no **-i** arguments generates an inode number and pathname list of all files on the given filesystem. Names of directory files are followed by **/.**. The output is not sorted in any particular order. The filesystem to be examined is specified by the *device* argument, which should be the disk or volume device for the filesystem. Filesystems stored in files can also be checked, using the **-f** flag.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-f**](#f)

Specifies that the filesystem image to be processed is stored in a regular file at *device* (see the **mkfs.xfs -d** *file* option). This might happen if an image copy of a filesystem has been made into an ordinary file.

[**-l logdev**](#l)

Specifies the device where the filesystem's external log resides. Only for those filesystems which use an external log. See the **mkfs.xfs -l** option, and refer to [**xfs**(5)](/man/os/xfsprogs/xfs.5) for a detailed description of the XFS log.

[**-s**](#s)

Limits the report to special files and files with setuserid mode. This option may be used to detect violations of security policy.

[**-i ino**](#i)

Limits the report to only those files whose inode numbers follow. May be given multiple times to select multiple inode numbers.

[**-V**](#V)

Prints the version number and exits.

If the filesystem is seriously corrupted, or very busy and looks like it is corrupt, a message of the form that would be generated by the [**xfs\_db**(8)](/man/os/xfsprogs/xfs_db.8) "check" command may appear.

**xfs\_ncheck** is only useful with XFS filesystems.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**mkfs.xfs**(8)](/man/os/xfsprogs/mkfs.xfs.8), [**xfs**(5)](/man/os/xfsprogs/xfs.5).

---

Document: xfs_ncheck(8) from xfsprogs 7.2.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev