This changes the snapshot and subvol ioctl API and command lines so
that new snapshots and subvols can be created anywhere.
Subvolume creation hasn't changed much:
btrfsctl -S subvol_name directory
This creates a new subvolume under 'directory'
Snapshot creation looks the same, but is actually different:
btrfsctl -s full_path_to_new_snapshot file_or_dir
For example: btrfsctl -s /mnt/new_snap /mnt/subvol
Will create a new snapshot named new_snap under /mnt of the root
found in /mnt/subvol. It always snapshots the entire root regardless of
which file or directory inside the root you give it.
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Many options were not mentioned in the usage message, fix that and
cleaning up the brackets
Signed-Off-By: Ahmed Kamal <email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com>
btrfsctl -c forces a single FS sync
The transaction ioctls are unsafe for general use because they can lead
to deadlocks if the application is not very careful. But, ceph is
experimenting with btrfs as a backing store, and these ioctls are required
for testing.
Chris Mason
email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com
Ahmed
Linda Knippers