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Diomidis Spinellis
Asked: 2009-09-22 21:59:17 +0800 CST

What is the best way to convert a block number to a file name in FreeBSD?

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Today I found the following message in the daily log mail I get from a FreeBSD server:

ad2c: hard error reading fsbn 1081249272 of 540624636-540624639 (ad2 bn 1081249272; cn 1072667 tn 14 sn 54) status=59 error=40

What is the best way to find the file corresponding to above block number?

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  1. Best Answer

    You can (and probably have to) resort to fsdb(8) for this -- the findblk command should be able to track down the inode, from which you can get the file name.

    OBLIGATORY WARNING
fsdb is a pretty dangerous tool. You can do a lot of damage in a very short amount of time.
It is a good idea to read the man page thoroughly, and perhaps peruse a few other sources
of information before poking around in the dark sticky guts of your filesystem.

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