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btrfs-progs: docs: update btrfs manual page

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Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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NAME
----
btrfs - control a btrfs filesystem
btrfs - a toolbox to manage btrfs filesystems
SYNOPSIS
--------
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command groups to work with subvolumes, devices, for whole filesystem or other
specific actions. See section *COMMANDS*.
There are also standalone tools for some tasks like *btrfs-convert* or
*btrfstune* that were separate historically and/or haven't been merged to the
main utility. See section 'STANDALONE TOOLS' for more details.
COMMAND SYNTAX
--------------
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Create/delete/list/manage btrfs subvolume. +
See `btrfs-subvolume`(8) for details.
STANDALONE TOOLS
----------------
There are several standalone tools to provide certain functionality. If the
functionality proves to be useful, the standalone tools are declared obsolete
and their functionality copied to the main tool. The deprecation period is long
(years) and the obsolete binaries are still provided.
Tools that are still in active use without an equivalent in *btrfs*:
*btrfs-convert*:: in-place conversion from ext2/3/4 filesystems to btrfs
*btrfstune*:: tweak some filesystem properties on a unmounted filesystem
*btrfs-select-super*:: rescue tool to overwrite primary superblock from a spare copy
*btrfs-find-root*:: rescue helper to find tree roots in a filesystem
Deprecated and obsolete tools:
*btrfs-debug-tree*:: moved to *btrfs inspect-internal dump-tree*
*btrfs-show-super*:: moved to *btrfs inspect-internal dump-super*
*btrfs-zero-log*:: moved to *btrfs rescue zero-log*
EXIT STATUS
-----------
*btrfs* returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in
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SEE ALSO
--------
`mkfs.btrfs`(8), `ionice`(1),
`btrfs-balance`(8),
`btrfs-check`(8),
`btrfs-convert`(8),
`btrfs-device`(8),
`btrfs-filesystem`(8),
`btrfs-inspect-internal`(8),
@ -125,3 +150,5 @@ SEE ALSO
`btrfs-scrub`(8),
`btrfs-send`(8),
`btrfs-subvolume`(8),
`btrfstune`(8),
`mkfs.btrfs`(8)