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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt | 34 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt index 9dae59407437..5dd282dda55c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt | |||
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ Unless otherwise specified, all options default to off. | |||
70 | 70 | ||
71 | See comments at the top of fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c for more info. | 71 | See comments at the top of fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c for more info. |
72 | 72 | ||
73 | commit=<seconds> | ||
74 | Set the interval of periodic commit, 30 seconds by default. Higher | ||
75 | values defer data being synced to permanent storage with obvious | ||
76 | consequences when the system crashes. The upper bound is not forced, | ||
77 | but a warning is printed if it's more than 300 seconds (5 minutes). | ||
78 | |||
73 | compress | 79 | compress |
74 | compress=<type> | 80 | compress=<type> |
75 | compress-force | 81 | compress-force |
@@ -154,7 +160,11 @@ Unless otherwise specified, all options default to off. | |||
154 | Currently this scans a list of several previous tree roots and tries to | 160 | Currently this scans a list of several previous tree roots and tries to |
155 | use the first readable. | 161 | use the first readable. |
156 | 162 | ||
157 | skip_balance | 163 | rescan_uuid_tree |
164 | Force check and rebuild procedure of the UUID tree. This should not | ||
165 | normally be needed. | ||
166 | |||
167 | skip_balance | ||
158 | Skip automatic resume of interrupted balance operation after mount. | 168 | Skip automatic resume of interrupted balance operation after mount. |
159 | May be resumed with "btrfs balance resume." | 169 | May be resumed with "btrfs balance resume." |
160 | 170 | ||
@@ -234,24 +244,14 @@ available from the git repository at the following location: | |||
234 | 244 | ||
235 | These include the following tools: | 245 | These include the following tools: |
236 | 246 | ||
237 | mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem | 247 | * mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem |
238 | |||
239 | btrfsctl: control program to create snapshots and subvolumes: | ||
240 | 248 | ||
241 | mount /dev/sda2 /mnt | 249 | * btrfs: a single tool to manage the filesystems, refer to the manpage for more details |
242 | btrfsctl -s new_subvol_name /mnt | ||
243 | btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_default /mnt/default | ||
244 | btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_new_subvol /mnt/new_subvol_name | ||
245 | btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_a_snapshot /mnt/snapshot_of_new_subvol | ||
246 | ls /mnt | ||
247 | default snapshot_of_a_snapshot snapshot_of_new_subvol | ||
248 | new_subvol_name snapshot_of_default | ||
249 | 250 | ||
250 | Snapshots and subvolumes cannot be deleted right now, but you can | 251 | * 'btrfsck' or 'btrfs check': do a consistency check of the filesystem |
251 | rm -rf all the files and directories inside them. | ||
252 | 252 | ||
253 | btrfsck: do a limited check of the FS extent trees. | 253 | Other tools for specific tasks: |
254 | 254 | ||
255 | btrfs-debug-tree: print all of the FS metadata in text form. Example: | 255 | * btrfs-convert: in-place conversion from ext2/3/4 filesystems |
256 | 256 | ||
257 | btrfs-debug-tree /dev/sda2 >& big_output_file | 257 | * btrfs-image: dump filesystem metadata for debugging |