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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/btrfs-rescue.txt | 60 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index a838ca1d..ebe04553 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ MAN8_TXT += btrfs-balance.txt MAN8_TXT += btrfs-device.txt MAN8_TXT += btrfs-scrub.txt MAN8_TXT += btrfs-check.txt -#MAN8_TXT += btrfs-rescue.txt +MAN8_TXT += btrfs-rescue.txt #MAN8_TXT += btrfs-inspect-internal.txt #MAN8_TXT += btrfs-send.txt #MAN8_TXT += btrfs-receive.txt diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-rescue.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-rescue.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f66ca856 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-rescue.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +btrfs-check(8) +============== + +NAME +---- +btrfs-rescue - Recover a damaged btrfs filesystem + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'btrfs rescue' <subcommand> <args> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +'btrfs rescue' is used to try to recover a damaged btrfs filesystem. + +SUBCOMMAND +---------- +'chunk-recover' [options] <device>:: +Recover the chunk tree by scanning the devices ++ +`Options` ++ +-y:::: +assume an answer of 'yes' to all questions. +-v:::: +verbose mode. +-h:::: +help. + +NOTE: Since 'chunk-recover' will scan the whole device, it will be *VERY* slow +especially executed on a large device. + +'super-recover' [options] <device>:: +Recover bad superblocks from good copies. ++ +`Options` ++ +-y:::: +assume an answer of 'yes' to all questions. +-v:::: +verbose mode. + +EXIT STATUS +----------- +'btrfs rescue' returns a zero exist status if it succeeds. Non zero is +returned in case of failure. + +AVAILABILITY +------------ +'btrfs' is part of btrfs-progs. Btrfs filesystem 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. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +`mkfs.btrfs`(8), +`btrfs-scrub`(8), +`btrfs-check`(8) |