MKCP
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: Apr 2014
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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).