From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tartarus.angband.pl ([89.206.35.136]:33404 "EHLO tartarus.angband.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933450AbcFJQuy (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:50:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:50:46 +0200 From: Adam Borowski To: Nikolaus Rath Cc: "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" , linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fsck: to repair or not to repair Message-ID: <20160610165046.GA18657@angband.pl> References: <87y47g1esh.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> <87fuslg19q.fsf@vostro.rath.org> <87twh1t4xv.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <87twh1t4xv.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 08:54:36AM -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > On Jun 10 2016, "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" wrote: > > JFYI, if you've using GNU cp, you can pass '--reflink=never' to avoid > > it making reflinks. > > I would have expected so, but at least in coreutils 8.23 the only valid > options are "never" and "auto" (at least according to cp --help and the > manpage). Where do you get "never" from? .--==== cp: invalid argument ‘never’ for ‘--reflink’ Valid arguments are: - ‘auto’ - ‘always’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. `---- And, as of coreutils 8.25, the default is no reflink, with "never" not being recognized even as a way to avoid an alias. As far as I remember, this applies to every past version with support for reflinks too. -- An imaginary friend squared is a real enemy.