Manpages - mkcp.8

mkcp - make a NILFS2 checkpoint

mkcp [/options/] [/device/]

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.

-s, –snapshot

Create a snapshot.

-p, –print

Print the checkpoint number when successfully created.

-h, –help

Display help message and exit.

-V, –version

Display version and exit.

Koji Sato

mkcp is part of the nilfs-utils package and is available from https://nilfs.sourceforge.io.

*nilfs*(8), *lscp*(1), *chcp*(8), *rmcp*(8), *nilfs-tune*(8).