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| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/fsfreeze.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 index 785cdd9c8..500d311cb 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 +++ b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 @@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ Display version information and exit. .TP .BR \-h , " \-\-help" Display help text and exit. +.SH FILESYSTEM SUPPORT +This command will work only if filesystem supports has support for freezing. +List of these filesystems include (2016-12-18) +.BR btrfs , +.BR ext2/3/4 , +.BR f2fs , +.BR jfs , +.BR nilfs2 , +.BR reiserfs , +and +.BR xfs . +Previous list may be incomplete, as more filesystems get support. If in +doubt easiest way to know if a filesystem has support is create a small +loopback mount and test freezing it. .SH AUTHOR .PP Written by Hajime Taira. diff --git a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.c b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.c index a25eaff20..d837d2f39 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.c +++ b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.c @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out) _(" %s [options] <mountpoint>\n"), program_invocation_short_name); fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out); - fputs(_("Suspend access to a filesystem (ext3/4, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS).\n"), out); + fputs(_("Suspend access to a filesystem.\n"), out); fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out); fputs(_(" -f, --freeze freeze the filesystem\n"), out); |