2009-06-03 16:13:01 +00:00
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.TH BTRFS-IMAGE 8
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2009-06-03 16:00:20 +00:00
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.SH NAME
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btrfs-image \- create/restore an image of the filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B btrfs-image
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[options] \fIsource\fP \fItarget\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B btrfs-image
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is used to create an image of a btrfs filesystem. All data will be zeroed,
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but metadata and the like is preserved.
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.I source
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is the special file corresponding to the device containing a btrfs filesystem.
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(e.g \fI/dev/sdXX\fP).
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.I target
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is the image file that btrfs-image creates. When used with \fB-r\fP option,
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\fBbtrfs-image\fP restores the image file from source into target.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fP
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restore metadump image.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR \fIvalue\fP
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compression level (0 ~ 9).
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR \fIvalue\fP
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number of threads (1 ~ 32) to be used to process the image dump or restore.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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.B btrfs-image
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is part of btrfs-progs. Btrfs is currently under heavy development,
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and not suitable for any uses other than benchmarking and review.
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Please refer to the btrfs wiki
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http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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2012-06-09 05:52:10 +00:00
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.BR btrfsck (8), mkfs.btrfs (8)
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