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.\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o.  All Rights Reserved.
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.TH FINDFS 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
findfs \- Find a file system by label or UUID
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B findfs
.BI LABEL= label
.sp
.B findfs
.BI UUID= uuid
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B findfs
will search the disks in the system looking for a file system which has
a label matching
.I label
or a UUID equal to
.IR uuid .
If the file system is found, the device name for the file system will
be printed on stdout.
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
.B findfs
was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B findfs
is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fsck (8)