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btrfs-convert(8)
================

NAME
----
btrfs-convert - convert from ext2/3/4 filesystem to btrfs or rollback

SYNOPSIS
--------
*btrfs-convert* [options] <device>

DESCRIPTION
-----------
*btrfs-convert* is used to convert existed ext2/3/4 to btrfs filesystem,
and the original filesystem image is accessible as from separate subvolume
named 'ext2_saved' as file image.

OPTIONS
-------
-d::
Disable data checksum.
-i::
Ignore xattrs and ACLs.
-n::
Disable packing of small files.
-r::
Roll back to ext2fs.
-l <LABEL>::
set filesystem label during conversion.
-L::
use label from the converted filesystem.
-p::
Show progress of conversion.

EXIT STATUS
-----------
*btrfs-convert* will return 0 if no error happened.
If any problems happened, 1 will be returned.

SEE ALSO
--------
`mkfs.btrfs`(8)