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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-download-http "&kernel-dl;/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs-v&btrfs-progs-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-md5sum "729b0927484ebb34e375849b632e287d">
10 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-size "2.5 MB">
11 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-buildsize "62 MB (transient files created during tests need up to 10 GB)">
12 <!ENTITY btrfs-progs-time "0.3 SBU (with parallelism=4; add 2.5 SBU for tests, up to 14 SBU on slow disks)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="btrfs-progs" xreflabel="btrfs-progs-&btrfs-progs-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="btrfs-progs.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>btrfs-progs-&btrfs-progs-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs">
22 <primary sortas="a-btrfs-progs">btrfs-progs</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to btrfs-progs</title>
27
28 <para>
29 The <application>btrfs-progs</application> package contains
30 administration and debugging tools for the B-tree file system (btrfs).
31 </para>
32
33 &lfs121_checked;
34
35 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
36 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
37 <listitem>
38 <para>
39 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&btrfs-progs-download-http;"/>
40 </para>
41 </listitem>
42 <listitem>
43 <para>
44 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&btrfs-progs-download-ftp;"/>
45 </para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download MD5 sum: &btrfs-progs-md5sum;
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download size: &btrfs-progs-size;
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Estimated disk space required: &btrfs-progs-buildsize;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Estimated build time: &btrfs-progs-time;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68<!--
69<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
70 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
71 <listitem>
72 <para>
73 Required patch if building with linux kernel headers version
74 before 5.12:
75 <ulink url="&patch-root;/btrfs-progs-&btrfs-progs-version;-headers_fix-1.patch"/>
76 </para>
77 </listitem>
78 </itemizedlist>
79-->
80 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Btrfs-progs Dependencies</bridgehead>
81
82 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
83 <para role="required">
84 <xref linkend="lzo"/>
85 </para>
86 <!-- In v6.2.1 (and maybe previous), sphinx is required for the doc
87 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
88 <para role="recommended">
89 <xref linkend="asciidoc"/> (or <xref role="nodep" linkend="asciidoctor"/>)
90 and <xref linkend="xmlto"/> (both required to generate man pages)
91 </para>
92 -->
93 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
94 <para role="optional">
95 <xref linkend="lvm2"/> (<command>dmsetup</command> is used in tests),
96 <xref linkend="sphinx"/> and <xref linkend="sphinx_rtd_theme"/>
97 (required to build documentation), and
98 <ulink
99 url='https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jeffm/reiserfsprogs/'>
100 reiserfsprogs</ulink> (for tests).
101
102 </para>
103
104
105 </sect2>
106
107 <sect2 role="kernel" id="btrfs-progs-kernel">
108 <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
109
110 <para>
111 Enable the following option in the kernel configuration
112 and recompile the kernel:
113 </para>
114
115 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
116 href="btrfs-progs-kernel.xml"/>
117
118 <para>
119 In addition to the above and to the options required for
120 <xref linkend="lvm2"/>, the following
121 options must be enabled for running tests:
122 </para>
123
124 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
125 href="btrfs-progs-test-kernel.xml"/>
126
127 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-progs-kernel">
128 <primary sortas="d-btrfs-progs">BTRFS Programs</primary>
129 </indexterm>
130
131 </sect2>
132
133 <sect2 role="installation">
134 <title>Installation of btrfs-progs</title>
135
136 <para>
137 Install <application>btrfs-progs</application> by running the following
138 commands:
139 </para>
140
141<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
142 --disable-static \
143 --disable-documentation &amp;&amp;
144make</userinput></screen>
145
146 <note>
147 <para>
148 Some tests require grep built with perl regular expressions. To
149 obtain this, rebuild grep with the LFS Chapter 8 instructions after
150 installing <xref linkend="pcre2"/>.
151 </para>
152 </note>
153<!-- Keeping this for now, but it seems that calling "make test" is
154 simpler and does the same thing -->
155 <para>
156 Before running tests, build a support program:
157 </para>
158
159<screen remap="test"><userinput>make fssum</userinput></screen>
160
161 <para>
162 To test the results, issue (as the &root; user):
163 </para>
164
165<screen role="root" remap="test"><userinput>pushd tests
166 ./fsck-tests.sh
167 ./mkfs-tests.sh
168 ./cli-tests.sh
169 #./convert-tests.sh
170 ./misc-tests.sh
171 ./fuzz-tests.sh
172popd</userinput></screen>
173
174<!-- Template for failed test removal:
175 the other ones to run:
176 </para>
177
178<screen remap="test"><userinput>mv tests/fsck-tests/012-leaf-corruption/test.sh{,.broken}</userinput></screen>
179Substitute your test failure with the one above.
180 <para>
181 To test the results, run (as the
182 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
183 </para>
184
185<screen role="root" remap="test"><userinput>make -j1 -k test</userinput></screen>
186-->
187 <note>
188 <para>
189 If the above mentioned kernel options are not enabled, some tests
190 fail, and prevent all the remaining tests from running because the test
191 disk image is not cleanly unmounted.
192 </para>
193 </note>
194
195 <para>
196 The convert-tests scripts are known to fail.
197 Tests 004-shrink-fs and 062-fi-show-raw-dm-all-devices in the misc-tests
198 are known to fail.
199 </para>
200
201 <para>
202 Install the package as the &root; user:
203 </para>
204
205<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
206
207 <para>
208 If you have passed <parameter>--disable-documentation</parameter> to
209 <command>configure</command> and you need the manual pages, install them
210 by running, as the &root; user:
211 </para>
212
213<screen role="root"><userinput>for i in 5 8; do
214 install Documentation/*.$i /usr/share/man/man$i
215done</userinput></screen>
216
217 </sect2>
218
219 <sect2 role="commands">
220 <title>Command Explanations</title>
221
222 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
223 href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
224
225 <para>
226 <parameter>--disable-documentation</parameter>: This switch
227 disables rebuilding the manual pages, because it requires
228 <xref linkend="sphinx"/>.
229 </para>
230<!--
231 <para>
232 <command>sed 's/,orphan_file//" ...</command>: In this version of
233 <application>btrfs-progs</application>, the
234 <command>btrfs-convert</command> program produces a btrfs filesystem
235 containing errors if converting from an ext4 filesystem created
236 with the <quote>orphan_file</quote> feature. This command creates
237 a custom configuration file that prevents creating a filesystem
238 with this feature.
239 </para>
240-->
241 <!--
242 <para>
243 <command>ln -s ... /usr/lib/libbtrfs.so</command>: Creates a
244 symbolic link in the directory where it is expected.
245 </para>
246
247 <para>
248 <command>rm /lib/libbtrfs.{a,so}</command>: Removes unneeded
249 library entries.
250 </para>
251-->
252 </sect2>
253<!--
254 <sect2 role="using" id="using-btrfs-convert">
255 <title>Using the btrfs-convert Program</title>
256
257 <para>
258 This version of <application>btrfs-progs</application> does not convert
259 correctly ext4 filesystems to btrfs if the ext4
260 <option>orphan_file</option> feature is turned on. If you happen to
261 convert such a filesystem, you need to first run:
262 </para>
263
264<screen role="nodump"><userinput>tune2fs -O ^orphan_file <replaceable>/dev/sdxx</replaceable></userinput></screen>
265
266 <para>
267 where <filename>/dev/sdxx</filename> is the partition of the filesystem
268 you want to convert.
269 </para>
270 </sect2>
271-->
272
273 <sect2 role="content">
274 <title>Contents</title>
275
276 <segmentedlist>
277 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
278 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
279 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
280
281 <seglistitem>
282 <seg>
283 btrfs,
284 btrfs-convert,
285 btrfs-find-root,
286 btrfs-image,
287 btrfs-map-logical,
288 btrfs-select-super,
289 btrfsck (link to btrfs),
290 btrfstune,
291 fsck.btrfs, and
292 mkfs.btrfs
293 </seg>
294
295 <seg>
296 libbtrfs.so and
297 libbtrfsutil.so
298 </seg>
299
300 <seg>/usr/include/btrfs</seg>
301 </seglistitem>
302 </segmentedlist>
303
304 <variablelist>
305 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
306 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
307 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
308
309 <varlistentry id="btrfs-prog">
310 <term><command>btrfs</command></term>
311 <listitem>
312 <para>
313 is the main interface into btrfs filesystem operations
314 </para>
315 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-prog">
316 <primary sortas="b-btrfs">btrfs</primary>
317 </indexterm>
318 </listitem>
319 </varlistentry>
320
321 <varlistentry id="btrfs-convert">
322 <term><command>btrfs-convert</command></term>
323 <listitem>
324 <para>
325 converts from an ext2/3/4 or reiserfs filesystem to btrfs <!--(see
326 <xref linkend="using-btrfs-convert"/> above)-->
327 </para>
328 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-convert">
329 <primary sortas="b-btrfs-convert">btrfs-convert</primary>
330 </indexterm>
331 </listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry id="btrfs-find-root">
335 <term><command>btrfs-find-root</command></term>
336 <listitem>
337 <para>
338 is a filter to find btrfs root
339 </para>
340 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-find-root">
341 <primary sortas="b-btrfs-find-root">btrfs-find-root</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="btrfs-map-logical">
347 <term><command>btrfs-map-logical</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>
350 maps btrfs logical extent to physical extent
351 </para>
352 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-map-logical">
353 <primary sortas="b-btrfs-map-logical">btrfs-map-logical</primary>
354 </indexterm>
355 </listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
357
358 <varlistentry id="btrfs-select-super">
359 <term><command>btrfs-select-super</command></term>
360 <listitem>
361 <para>
362 overwrites the primary superblock with a backup copy
363 </para>
364 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfs-select-super">
365 <primary sortas="b-btrfs-select-super">btrfs-select-super</primary>
366 </indexterm>
367 </listitem>
368 </varlistentry>
369
370 <varlistentry id="btrfstune">
371 <term><command>btrfstune</command></term>
372 <listitem>
373 <para>
374 tunes various filesystem parameters
375 </para>
376 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs btrfstune">
377 <primary sortas="b-btrfstune">btrfstune</primary>
378 </indexterm>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
382 <varlistentry id="fsck.btrfs">
383 <term><command>fsck.btrfs</command></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>
386 does nothing, but is present for consistency with fstab
387 </para>
388 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs fsck.btrfs">
389 <primary sortas="b-fsck.btrfs">fsck.btrfs</primary>
390 </indexterm>
391 </listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry id="mkfs.btrfs">
395 <term><command>mkfs.btrfs</command></term>
396 <listitem>
397 <para>
398 creates a btrfs file system
399 </para>
400 <indexterm zone="btrfs-progs mkfs.btrfs">
401 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.btrfs">mkfs.btrfs</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 </variablelist>
407
408 </sect2>
409
410</sect1>
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