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From: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@gmail.com>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Document the -R switch for the "btrfs subvolume delete" command.
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:09:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1384621747-25441-8-git-send-email-kreijack@inwind.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1384621747-25441-1-git-send-email-kreijack@inwind.it>

Signed-off-by: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>
---
 man/btrfs.8.in | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/btrfs.8.in b/man/btrfs.8.in
index aee1f70..5ed5277 100644
--- a/man/btrfs.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs.8.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ btrfs \- control a btrfs filesystem
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBsubvolume create\fP [-i \fI<qgroupid>\fP] [\fI<dest>\fP/]\fI<name>\fP
 .PP
-\fBbtrfs\fP \fBsubvolume delete\fP \fI<subvolume>\fP [\fI<subvolume>...\fP]
+\fBbtrfs\fP \fBsubvolume delete\fP [-R] \fI<subvolume>\fP [\fI<subvolume>...\fP]
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBsubvolume list\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [-G [+|-]\fIvalue\fP] [-C [+|-]\fIvalue\fP] [--sort=rootid,gen,ogen,path] \fI<path>\fP
 .PP
@@ -168,9 +168,12 @@ times.
 .RE
 .TP
 
-\fBsubvolume delete\fR\fI <subvolume> \fP[\fI<subvolume>...\fP]\fR
+\fBsubvolume delete\fR [-R] \fI <subvolume> \fP[\fI<subvolume>...\fP]\fR
 Delete the subvolume \fI<subvolume>\fR. If \fI<subvolume>\fR is not a
 subvolume, \fBbtrfs\fR returns an error.
+If \fI-R\fR is given, the subvolumes were removed recursively (otherwise it is
+not possible to remove a subvolume with a nested one); the -R switch requires
+the root capability.
 .TP
 
 \fBsubvolume list\fR [\fIoptions\fP] [-G [+|-]\fIvalue\fP] [-C [+|-]\fIvalue\fP] [--sort=rootid,gen,ogen,path] \fI<path>\fR
-- 
1.8.4.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-16 17:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-16 17:09 [PATCH] BTRFS-PROG: recursively subvolume snapshot and delete Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 1/7] Recursive btrfs sub snapshot/delete: create get_root_info() function Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 2/7] recursive btrfs sub snapshot/delete: create pathjoin() function Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 3/7] recursive btrfs snapshot/delete: create traverse_list_subvol_rec() Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 4/7] recursive btrfs subvol delete Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 5/7] recursively btrfs subvolume snapshot Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` [PATCH 6/7] btrfs subvolume snapshot -R: update man page Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-16 17:09 ` Goffredo Baroncelli [this message]
2013-11-25 21:23 ` [PATCH] BTRFS-PROG: recursively subvolume snapshot and delete Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-26 15:12   ` Konstantinos Skarlatos
2013-11-26 17:44     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-27  9:15       ` Konstantinos Skarlatos
2013-11-27 17:04         ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-28 18:31 ` David Sterba
2013-11-28 19:23   ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-11-29 18:07     ` David Sterba
2013-11-29 19:09       ` Goffredo Baroncelli

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