Bug 110051 - btrfs documentation, scrub description slightly confusing/contradictory
Summary: btrfs documentation, scrub description slightly confusing/contradictory
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: File System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: btrfs (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 enhancement
Assignee: Josef Bacik
URL:
Keywords:
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Reported: 2015-12-28 01:35 UTC by Chris Murphy
Modified: 2016-03-20 09:56 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 4.3
Tree: Mainline
Regression: No


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Description Chris Murphy 2015-12-28 01:35:46 UTC
btrfs-progs-4.3.1-1.fc23.x86_64

"man btrfs scrub" says these two things:

DESCRIPTION
       btrfs scrub is used to scrub a btrfs filesystem, which will read all data from all disks and verify checksums.

and under subcommand start:

           Start a scrub on all devices of the filesystem identified by <path> or on a single <device>.


Suggested change:

DESCRIPTION
btrfs scrub is used to scrub btrfs fileystems; scrub reads and verifies data with its checksums; if possible, it repairs discrepancies.



Something like that.

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