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authorDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>2014-12-18 16:04:10 +0100
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>2014-12-18 16:04:10 +0100
commita6b4a7aea0c3fe9526a652136885d442dbe79376 (patch)
treeb0a9208e308cede3df087300ef8751120e66bf27
parent182f41909fe2121d8e605441713d8d7fc8ded70a (diff)
downloadbtrfs-progs-a6b4a7aea0c3fe9526a652136885d442dbe79376.tar.gz
btrfs-progs: check, update documentation
Add recently added options to manpage, a few other rewordings. Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/btrfs-check.txt27
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-check.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-check.txt
index 821bfc9a..f8d8ab4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-check.txt
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-check.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ btrfs-check(8)
NAME
----
-btrfs-check - check or repair a btrfs filesystem offline
+btrfs-check - check or repair an unmounted btrfs filesystem
SYNOPSIS
--------
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-*btrfs check* is used to check or repair a btrfs filesystem offline.
+*btrfs check* is used to check or repair an unmounted btrfs filesystem.
-NOTE: Since btrfs is under heavy development especially the *btrfs check*
-command, it is *highly* recommended to read the following btrfs wiki before
-executing *btrfs check* with '--repair' option: +
+NOTE: Since btrfs is under development, the *btrfs check* capabilities are
+continuously enhanced. It's highly recommended to read the following btrfs
+wiki before executing *btrfs check* with '--repair' option: +
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Btrfsck
*btrfsck* is an alias of *btrfs check* command and is now deprecated.
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@ https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Btrfsck
OPTIONS
-------
-s|--super <superblock>::
-use <superblock>th superblock copy.
+use <superblock>th superblock copy, valid values are 0 up to 2 if the
+respective superblock offset is within the fileystem
--repair::
-try to repair the filesystem.
+try to repair the filesystem
--init-csum-tree::
-create a new CRC tree.
+create a new CRC tree and recalculate all checksums
--init-extent-tree::
-create a new extent tree.
+create a new extent tree
--check-data-csum::
-verify checkums of data blocks.
+verify checkums of data blocks
+--qgroup-report::
+verify qgroup accounting and compare against filesystem accounting
--subvol-extents <subvolid>::
-show extent state for a subvolume.
+show extent state for a subvolume
+--tree-root <bytenr>::
+use the given bytenr for the tree root
EXIT STATUS
-----------