1 EXFATDEBUG(8) EXFATDEBUG(8)
6 exfatdebug - Create a metadata dump of an exFAT volume suitable for bug
10 exfatdebug device|image
13 exfatdebug will efficiently extract all metadata relevant for debugging
14 from an exFAT volume and dump it to standard output. It works at disk
15 sector level and copies only the metadata of the exFAT volume (so the
16 resulting output is relatively small).
18 exfatdebug is mostly useful when sending bug reports to exFAT develop‐
22 The exit code is 0 on success, non-zero otherwise.
25 Dump exFAT file system metadata on /dev/sda1 to a local image file:
27 exfatdebug /dev/sda1 > sda1.img
29 Dump exFAT file system metadata on /dev/sda1 to a bzip2-compressed
32 exfatdebug /dev/sda1 | bzip2 > sda1.img
34 Dump exFAT file system metadata to a remote host, using ssh. Please
35 note that ssh may ask for a password!
37 exfatdebug /dev/sda1 | ssh host 'cat > sda1.img'
41 There are no known problems with exfatdebug. If you think you have
42 found a problem then please send an email describing it to exfat-sup‐
46 exfatdebug was written by Erik Larsson, Tuxera Inc.
49 exfatdebug is part of the Tuxera exFAT package.
56 Tuxera exFAT 3013.11.8 October 2012 EXFATDEBUG(8)