.SH SYNOPSIS
.B resize2fs
[
-.B \-fFpPM
+.B \-fFpPMbs
]
[
.B \-d
.B \-S
.I RAID-stride
]
+[
+.B \-z
+.I undo_file
+]
.I device
[
.I size
enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on
.IR device .
If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the
-mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing. (As
-of this writing, the Linux 2.6 kernel supports on-line resize for
-filesystems mounted using ext3 and ext4.).
+mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel and the file system supports
+on-line resizing. (Modern Linux 2.6 kernels will support on-line resize
+for file systems mounted using ext3 and ext4; ext3 file systems will
+require the use of file systems with the resize_inode feature enabled.)
.PP
The
.I size
to shrink the size of the partition. When shrinking the size of
the partition, make sure you do not make it smaller than the new size
of the ext2 filesystem!
+.PP
+The
+.B \-b
+and
+.B \-s
+options enable and disable the 64bit feature, respectively. The resize2fs
+program will, of course, take care of resizing the block group descriptors
+and moving other data blocks out of the way, as needed. It is not possible
+to resize the filesystem concurrent with changing the 64bit status.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
+.B \-b
+Turns on the 64bit feature, resizes the group descriptors as necessary, and
+moves other metadata out of the way.
+.TP
.B \-d \fIdebug-flags
Turns on various resize2fs debugging features, if they have been compiled
into the binary.
8 \-\ Debug moving the inode table
.br
16 \-\ Print timing information
-.TP
+.br
+ 32 \-\ Debug minimum filesystem size (\-M) calculation
+.TP
.B \-f
Forces resize2fs to proceed with the filesystem resize operation, overriding
some safety checks which resize2fs normally enforces.
.B \-P
Print the minimum size of the filesystem and exit.
.TP
+.B \-s
+Turns off the 64bit feature and frees blocks that are no longer in use.
+.TP
.B \-S \fIRAID-stride
The
.B resize2fs
program will heuristically determine the RAID stride that was specified
when the filesystem was created. This option allows the user to
explicitly specify a RAID stride setting to be used by resize2fs instead.
+.TP
+.BI \-z " undo_file"
+Before overwriting a file system block, write the old contents of the block to
+an undo file. This undo file can be used with e2undo(8) to restore the old
+contents of the file system should something go wrong. If the empty string is
+passed as the undo_file argument, the undo file will be written to a file named
+resize2fs-\fIdevice\fR.e2undo in the directory specified via the
+\fIE2FSPROGS_UNDO_DIR\fR environment variable.
+
+WARNING: The undo file cannot be used to recover from a power or system crash.
.SH KNOWN BUGS
The minimum size of the filesystem as estimated by resize2fs may be
incorrect, especially for filesystems with 1k and 2k blocksizes.