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| author | Peng Tao <bergwolf@gmail.com> | 2009-06-03 12:00:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> | 2009-06-03 12:15:40 -0400 |
| commit | bf2b9d2ba459d43b150f5ad36ff0f2c8b0264f88 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f820b28f35e82f390157aa530848138cb48ce7f /man/btrfs-image.8.in | |
| parent | a74f4651c963bd9c68fb873a90427b89aaec5226 (diff) | |
Add btrfs-image man page
Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <bergwolf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/man/btrfs-image.8.in b/man/btrfs-image.8.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..722c4336 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/btrfs-image.8.in @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.TH MKFS.BTRFS 8 +.SH NAME +btrfs-image \- create/restore an image of the filesystem +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B btrfs-image +[options] \fIsource\fP \fItarget\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B btrfs-image +is used to create an image of a btrfs filesystem. All data will be zeroed, +but metadata and the like is preserved. +.I source +is the special file corresponding to the device containing a btrfs filesystem. +(e.g \fI/dev/sdXX\fP). +.I target +is the image file that btrfs-image creates. When used with \fB-r\fP option, +\fBbtrfs-image\fP restores the image file from source into target. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-r\fP +restore metadump image. +.TP +\fB\-c\fR \fIvalue\fP +compression level (0 ~ 9). +.TP +\fB\-t\fR \fIvalue\fP +number of threads (1 ~ 32) to be used to process the image dump or restore. +.SH AVAILABILITY +.B btrfs-image +is part of btrfs-progs. Btrfs is currently under heavy development, +and not suitable for any uses other than benchmarking and review. +Please refer to the btrfs wiki +http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR btrfsck (8), btrfsctl (8), mkfs.btrfs (8) |