btrfs-receive(8)
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NAME
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btrfs-receive - receive subvolumes from stdin/file.

SYNOPSIS
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'btrfs receive' [-ve] [-f <infile>] <mount>

DESCRIPTION
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Receives one or more subvolumes that were previously
sent with 'btrfs send'. The received subvolumes are stored
into <mount>.

'btrfs receive' will fail with the following case:

1. a receiving subvolume already exists.

2. a previously received subvolume was changed after it was received.

3. default subvolume is changed or you don't mount btrfs filesystem with
fs tree.

After receiving a subvolume, it is immediately set to read only.

`Options`

-v::
Enable verbose debug output. Each occurrence of this option increases the
verbose level more.
-f <infile>::
By default, btrfs receive uses stdin to receive the subvolumes.
Use this option to specify a file to use instead.
-e::
Terminate after receiving an <end cmd> in the data stream.
Without this option, the receiver terminates only if an error is recognized
or on EOF.

EXIT STATUS
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'btrfs receive' returns a zero exist status if it succeeds. Non zero is
returned in case of failure.

AVAILABILITY
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'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
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`mkfs.btrfs`(8),
`btrfs-send`(8)