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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt index 9dae5940743..5dd282dda55 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ Unless otherwise specified, all options default to off. See comments at the top of fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c for more info. + commit=<seconds> + Set the interval of periodic commit, 30 seconds by default. Higher + values defer data being synced to permanent storage with obvious + consequences when the system crashes. The upper bound is not forced, + but a warning is printed if it's more than 300 seconds (5 minutes). + compress compress=<type> compress-force @@ -154,7 +160,11 @@ Unless otherwise specified, all options default to off. Currently this scans a list of several previous tree roots and tries to use the first readable. - skip_balance + rescan_uuid_tree + Force check and rebuild procedure of the UUID tree. This should not + normally be needed. + + skip_balance Skip automatic resume of interrupted balance operation after mount. May be resumed with "btrfs balance resume." @@ -234,24 +244,14 @@ available from the git repository at the following location: These include the following tools: -mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem - -btrfsctl: control program to create snapshots and subvolumes: +* mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem - mount /dev/sda2 /mnt - btrfsctl -s new_subvol_name /mnt - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_default /mnt/default - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_new_subvol /mnt/new_subvol_name - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_a_snapshot /mnt/snapshot_of_new_subvol - ls /mnt - default snapshot_of_a_snapshot snapshot_of_new_subvol - new_subvol_name snapshot_of_default +* btrfs: a single tool to manage the filesystems, refer to the manpage for more details - Snapshots and subvolumes cannot be deleted right now, but you can - rm -rf all the files and directories inside them. +* 'btrfsck' or 'btrfs check': do a consistency check of the filesystem -btrfsck: do a limited check of the FS extent trees. +Other tools for specific tasks: -btrfs-debug-tree: print all of the FS metadata in text form. Example: +* btrfs-convert: in-place conversion from ext2/3/4 filesystems - btrfs-debug-tree /dev/sda2 >& big_output_file +* btrfs-image: dump filesystem metadata for debugging |