btrfs check
Check or repair a btrfs filesystem. More information: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-check.html.
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Check a btrfs filesystem:
sudo btrfs check {{path/to/partition}}
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Check and repair a btrfs filesystem (dangerous):
sudo btrfs check --repair {{path/to/partition}}
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Show the progress of the check:
sudo btrfs check --progress {{path/to/partition}}
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Verify the checksum of each data block (if the filesystem is good):
sudo btrfs check --check-data-csum {{path/to/partition}}
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Use the
n
-th superblock (n
can be 0, 1 or 2):
sudo btrfs check --super {{n}} {{path/to/partition}}
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Rebuild the checksum tree:
sudo btrfs check --repair --init-csum-tree {{path/to/partition}}
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Rebuild the extent tree:
sudo btrfs check --repair --init-extent-tree {{path/to/partition}}
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