Man page - mkcp(8)

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Package:  nilfs-tools
apt-get install nilfs-tools

Manuals in package:
• chcp(8)
• mount.nilfs2(8)
• nilfs(8)
• mkcp(8)
• lssu(1)
• rmcp(8)
• lscp(1)
• mkfs.nilfs2(8)
• nilfs-resize(8)
• nilfs_cleanerd.conf(5)
• nilfs-tune(8)
• dumpseg(8)
• nilfs-clean(8)
• umount.nilfs2(8)
• nilfs_cleanerd(8)
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• nilfs-tools

Manual

MKCP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO

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NAME

mkcp - make a NILFS2 checkpoint

SYNOPSIS

mkcp [ options ] [ device ]

DESCRIPTION

mkcp is a utility for making a checkpoint or snapshot for the NILFS2 file system found in device . When device is omitted, it tries to find a NILFS2 file system from /proc/mounts .

This command is valid only for mounted NILFS2 file systems, and will fail if the device has no active mounts.

OPTIONS

-s , --snapshot

Create a snapshot.

-p , --print

Print the checkpoint number when successfully created.

-h , --help

Display help message and exit.

-V , --version

Display version and exit.

AUTHOR

Koji Sato

AVAILABILITY

mkcp is part of the nilfs-utils package and is available from https://nilfs.sourceforge.io.

SEE ALSO

nilfs (8), lscp (1), chcp (8), rmcp (8), nilfs-tune (8).

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