MKCP(8)

NAME
mkcp - make a NILFS2 checkpoint

SYNOPSIS
mkcp [options] [device]

DESCRIPTION
mkcp is a utility for making a checkpoint or snapshot for the NILFS2 file system found in device. When device is omitted, it tries to find a NILFS2 file system from /proc/mounts.

This command is valid only for mounted NILFS2 file systems, and will fail if the device has no active mounts.

OPTIONS

-s  Create a snapshot.

-h  Display help message and exit.

AUTHOR
Koji Sato <koji@osrg.net>

AVAILABILITY
mkcp is part of the nilfs-utils package and is available from http://www.nilfs.org.

SEE ALSO
nilfs(8), lscp(1), chcp(8), rmcp(8).