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btrfs-progs: Doc: Add explain on 'source' and 'target' for btrfs-image.

Message ID 1416814064-29543-1-git-send-email-quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Qu Wenruo Nov. 24, 2014, 7:27 a.m. UTC 
Add explain on 'source' and 'target', which is somewhat confusing for
users who want to restore dumped image.

Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 Documentation/btrfs-image.txt | 5 +++++
 btrfs-image.c                 | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

Comments

David Sterba Jan. 21, 2015, 4:23 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 03:27:44PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> Add explain on 'source' and 'target', which is somewhat confusing for
> users who want to restore dumped image.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>
Applied with minor changes. Thanks.
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diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-image.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-image.txt
index b7751f9..43c2e06 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-image.txt
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-image.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@  DESCRIPTION
 *btrfs-image* is used to create an image of a btrfs filesystem.
 All data will be zeroed, but metadata and the like is preserved.
 
+Without '-r' option, <source> is the device/normal file containing the btrfs,
+and <target> is the output image file, or standard output if <target> is '-'.
+With '-r' option, <source> is the dump image file and <target> is the
+device/normal file where the restored fs lies.
+
 Mainly used for debug purpose.
 
 OPTIONS
diff --git a/btrfs-image.c b/btrfs-image.c
index cb17f16..12f04b7 100644
--- a/btrfs-image.c
+++ b/btrfs-image.c
@@ -2459,6 +2459,8 @@  out:
 static void print_usage(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "usage: btrfs-image [options] source target\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Without '-r' source is the btrfs fs and target is output image('-' for stdout)\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "With '-r' source is the dumped image and target is the btrfs fs\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-r      \trestore metadump image\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-c value\tcompression level (0 ~ 9)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-t value\tnumber of threads (1 ~ 32)\n");