e2fsprogs
E724120
e2fsprogs is a collection of utilities for creating, checking, and maintaining ext2/3/4 filesystems on Unix-like operating systems.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| e2fsprogs canonical | 2 |
| dumpe2fs | 1 |
| e2fsck | 1 |
| e2fsdroid | 1 |
| e2fsprogs project | 1 |
| e2fsprogs utilities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8284995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: e2fsprogs Context triple: [tune2fs, partOf, e2fsprogs]
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A.
ext2
ext2 is a widely used early Linux disk file system known for its simplicity, robustness, and lack of journaling.
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B.
ext4
ext4 is a widely used, journaling fourth-generation extended file system for Linux, designed for improved performance, reliability, and support for large volumes and files.
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C.
ext3
ext3 is a widely used Linux file system that extends the older ext2 format by adding journaling for improved reliability and faster recovery after crashes.
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D.
ReiserFS
ReiserFS is a journaling file system for Linux known for its efficient handling of small files and advanced tree-based storage structures.
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E.
GNU Core Utilities
GNU Core Utilities is a collection of essential command-line tools for Unix-like operating systems, providing fundamental file, text, and shell utilities widely used in GNU/Linux systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: e2fsprogs Target entity description: e2fsprogs is a collection of utilities for creating, checking, and maintaining ext2/3/4 filesystems on Unix-like operating systems.
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A.
ext2
ext2 is a widely used early Linux disk file system known for its simplicity, robustness, and lack of journaling.
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B.
ext4
ext4 is a widely used, journaling fourth-generation extended file system for Linux, designed for improved performance, reliability, and support for large volumes and files.
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C.
ext3
ext3 is a widely used Linux file system that extends the older ext2 format by adding journaling for improved reliability and faster recovery after crashes.
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D.
ReiserFS
ReiserFS is a journaling file system for Linux known for its efficient handling of small files and advanced tree-based storage structures.
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E.
GNU Core Utilities
GNU Core Utilities is a collection of essential command-line tools for Unix-like operating systems, providing fundamental file, text, and shell utilities widely used in GNU/Linux systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
filesystem utility collection
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| componentOf | Linux filesystem tools ecosystem ⓘ |
| containsLibrary |
libblkid (historically)
ⓘ
libe2p ⓘ libext2fs ⓘ |
| containsUtility |
badblocks
ⓘ
debugfs ⓘ dumpe2fs ⓘ
linked to:
e2fsprogs
e2fsck ⓘ
linked to:
e2fsprogs
fsck.ext2 ⓘ fsck.ext3 ⓘ fsck.ext4 ⓘ logsave ⓘ mke2fs ⓘ mkfs.ext2 ⓘ mkfs.ext3 ⓘ mkfs.ext4 ⓘ resize2fs ⓘ tune2fs ⓘ |
| developedIn | user space ⓘ |
| distribution | commonly included in Linux distributions ⓘ |
| homepage | https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ ⓘ |
| implements | ext2/3/4 on-disk data structures handling ⓘ |
| license |
GPL-licensed components
ⓘ
LGPL-licensed components ⓘ |
| maintainer | Theodore Ts'o ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | C ⓘ |
| purpose |
check ext2/3/4 filesystem consistency
ⓘ
create ext2/3/4 filesystems ⓘ repair ext2/3/4 filesystems ⓘ resize ext2/3/4 filesystems ⓘ tune ext2/3/4 filesystem parameters ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ext2 filesystem
ⓘ
linked to:
ext2
ext3 filesystem ⓘ
linked to:
ext3
ext4 filesystem ⓘ
linked to:
ext4
|
| sourceRepository | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git ⓘ |
| supportsFilesystem |
ext2
ⓘ
ext3 ⓘ ext4 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data recovery on ext filesystems
ⓘ
filesystem maintenance ⓘ system administration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: e2fsprogs Description of subject: e2fsprogs is a collection of utilities for creating, checking, and maintaining ext2/3/4 filesystems on Unix-like operating systems.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: e2fsprogs
linked to: e2fsprogs
linked to: e2fsprogs
linked to: e2fsprogs
linked to: e2fsprogs