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Commands

xfs_growfs - expand an XFS filesystem

xfs_growfs [-n] [-d] [-D size] MOUNTPOINT

Options you will use

-d
grow the data section to the size of the device (the default)
-D size
grow the data section to this many file system blocks
-n
only print the geometry, change nothing
-d
grow the data section to the size of the device (the usual case)
-D SIZE
grow the data section to SIZE filesystem blocks
-n
print the geometry, change nothing

Examples

$ sudo xfs_growfs /

grow the root XFS file system to fill its partition

$ xfs_growfs -n /

show the geometry only

Gotchas

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