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| author | Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> | 2023-12-20 08:53:44 -0800 |
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| committer | Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> | 2023-12-21 18:29:14 -0800 |
| commit | a4722a00441a804fe3e6a6df87bec4a30e26980b (patch) | |
| tree | 56187f20280ab25078408440a23bb639c8d802eb | |
| parent | 1665923a8302088744a69403ff60a1709f5d24ed (diff) | |
| download | xfsprogs-dev-a4722a00441a804fe3e6a6df87bec4a30e26980b.tar.gz | |
xfs_metadump.8: update for external log device options
Update the documentation to reflect that we can metadump external log
device contents.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 7 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 index 6e7457c044..f60e7b56eb 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ xfs_mdrestore \- restores an XFS metadump image to a filesystem image .br .B xfs_mdrestore .B \-i +[ +.B \-l +.I logdev +] .I source .br .B xfs_mdrestore \-V @@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ Shows metadump information on stdout. If no is specified, exits after displaying information. Older metadumps man not include any descriptive information. .TP -.B \-l " logdev" +.BI \-l " logdev" Metadump in v2 format can contain metadata dumped from an external log. In such a scenario, the user has to provide a device to which the log device contents from the metadump file are copied. diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 index 1732012cd0..496b592660 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 @@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ is stdout. .TP .BI \-l " logdev" For filesystems which use an external log, this specifies the device where the -external log resides. The external log is not copied, only internal logs are -copied. +external log resides. +If the v2 metadump format is selected, the contents of the external log will be +copied to the metadump. +The v2 metadump format will be selected automatically if this option is +specified. .TP .B \-m Set the maximum size of an allowed metadata extent. Extremely large metadata |