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[2/8] Create the man page entry for the command btrfs fi df

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Goffredo Baroncelli Nov. 2, 2012, 10:15 a.m. UTC
From: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>

Signed-off-by: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>
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 man/btrfs.8.in |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/man/btrfs.8.in b/man/btrfs.8.in
index 9222580..27d0160 100644
--- a/man/btrfs.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs.8.in
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@  btrfs \- control a btrfs filesystem
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem label\fP\fI <dev> [newlabel]\fP
 .PP
+\fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem df\fP\fI [-b] \fIpath [path..]\fR\fP
+.PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBsubvolume find-new\fP\fI <subvolume> <last_gen>\fP
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem balance\fP\fI <path> \fP
@@ -242,6 +244,53 @@  NOTE: Currently there are the following limitations:
 - the filesystem should not have more than one device.
 .TP
 
+\fBfilesystem df\fP [-b] \fIpath [path..]\fR
+
+Show space usage information for a mount point.
+
+\fB-b\fP Set byte as unit
+
+The command \fBbtrfs filesystem df\fP is used to query how many space on the 
+disk(s) are used and an estimation of the free
+space of the filesystem.
+The output of the command \fBbtrfs filesystem df\fP shows:
+
+.RS
+.IP \fBDisk\ size\fP
+the total size of the disks which compose the filesystem.
+
+.IP \fBDisk\ allocated\fP
+the size of the area of the disks used by the chunks.
+
+.IP \fBDisk\ unallocated\fP 
+the size of the area of the disks which is free (i.e.
+the differences of the values above).
+
+.IP \fBUsed\fP
+the portion of the logical space used by the file and metadata.
+
+.IP \fBFree\ (estimated)\fP
+the estimated free space available: i.e. how many space can be used
+by the user. The evaluation 
+cannot be rigorous because it depends by the allocation policy (DUP, Single,
+RAID1...) of the metadata and data chunks. If every chunk is stored as
+"Single" the sum of the \fBfree (estimated)\fP space and the \fBused\fP 
+space  is equal to the \fBdisk size\fP.
+Otherwise if all the chunk are mirrored (raid1 or raid10) or duplicated
+the sum of the \fBfree (estimated)\fP space and the \fBused\fP space is
+half of the \fBdisk size\fP. Normally the \fBfree (estimated)\fP is between
+these two limits.
+
+.IP \fBData\ to\ disk\ ratio\fP
+the ratio betwen the \fBlogical size\fP (i.e. the space available by
+the chunks) and the \fBdisk allocated\fP (by the chunks). Normally it is 
+lower than 100% because the metadata is duplicated for security reasons.
+If all the data and metadata are duplicated (or have a profile like RAID1)
+the \fBData\ to\ disk\ ratio\fP could be 50%.
+
+.RE
+.TP
+
 \fBfilesystem show\fR [--all-devices|<uuid>|<label>]\fR
 Show the btrfs filesystem with some additional info. If no \fIUUID\fP or 
 \fIlabel\fP is passed, \fBbtrfs\fR show info of all the btrfs filesystem.