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diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-select-super.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-select-super.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a8d7ef00 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-select-super.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +btrfs-select-super(8) +===================== + +NAME +---- +btrfs-select-super - overwrite superblock with a backup + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*btrfs-select-super* -s number dev + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +*btrfs-select-super* destructively overwrites all copies of the superblock +with a specified copy. This helps with certain cases of damage, especially +when barriers were disabled during a power failure. You can find a valid +copy of the superblock with *btrfs check -s*. + +The filesystem specified by `dev` must not be mounted. + +OPTIONS +------- +-s|--super <superblock>:: +use <superblock>th superblock copy, valid values are 0 up to 2 if the +respective superblock offset is within the filesystem + +SEE ALSO +-------- +`btrfsck check`(8) |