From ca8638eae38db98874a3744d12b0d2bb42b802ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Satoru Takeuchi Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:22:49 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: Enhance the document of btrfs property Enhance the document of btrfs property as follows. - Add the description about the candidates of . - Enrich the description of . - Fix typos and some redundancy. Signed-off-by: Satoru Takeuchi Reported-by: Naohiro Aota Signed-off-by: David Sterba --- Documentation/btrfs-property.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-property.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-property.txt index 3a71315b..174a0b76 100644 --- a/Documentation/btrfs-property.txt +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-property.txt @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -*btrfs property* is used to get/set/list property, like lable or compression -state, for given btrfs object. +*btrfs property* is used to get/set/list property for given btrfs object. +See the description of *get* subcommand for more information about +both btrfs object and property. *btrfs property* provides an unified and user-friendly method to tune different btrfs properties instead of using the traditional method like `chattr`(1) or @@ -23,31 +24,36 @@ SUBCOMMAND *get* [-t ] []:: Gets a property from a btrfs object. + -If no name is specified, all properties for the given object are -printed. -A filesystem object can be a the filesystem itself, a subvolume, -an inode or a device. +A btrfs object, which is set by , can be a btrfs filesystem +itself, a btrfs subvolume, an inode(file or directory) inside btrfs, +or a device on which a btrfs exists. + +Set the name of property by ''. If no '' is specified, +all properties for the given object are printed. '' is one of +the followings. ++ +ro:::: +read-only flag of subvolume: true or false +label:::: +label of device +compression:::: +compression setting for an inode: lzo, zlib, or "" (empty string) + The '-t ' option can be used to explicitly specify what type of object you meant. This is only needed when a property could be set for more then one object type. + Possible types are 's[ubvol]', 'f[ilesystem]', 'i[node]' and 'd[evice]'. -+ -The can be path of btrfs device, btrfs mount point, or any -directories/files inside btrfs. *set* [-t ] :: Sets a property on a btrfs object. + -See description of *get* subcommand for a description of objects and object -types. +See the description of *get* subcommand for the meaning of each option. *list* [-t ] :: Lists available properties with their descriptions for the given object. + -Please see the help of *btrfs property get* for a description of -objects and object types. +See the description of *get* subcommand for the meaning of each option. EXIT STATUS -----------