BTRFS-CHECK(8) Btrfs Manual BTRFS-CHECK(8) NAME btrfs-check - check or repair an unmounted btrfs filesystem SYNOPSIS btrfs check [options] <device> DESCRIPTION btrfs check is used to check or repair an unmounted btrfs filesystem. Note Since btrfs is under development, the btrfs check capabilities are continuously enhanced. It’s highly recommended to read the following btrfs wiki before executing btrfs check with --repair option: https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Btrfsck btrfsck is an alias of btrfs check command and is now deprecated. OPTIONS -s|--super <superblock> use <superblock>th superblock copy, valid values are 0 up to 2 if the respective superblock offset is within the filesystem --repair try to repair the filesystem --init-csum-tree create a new CRC tree and recalculate all checksums --init-extent-tree create a new extent tree --check-data-csum verify checksums of data blocks -p|--progress indicate progress at various checking phases --qgroup-report verify qgroup accounting and compare against filesystem accounting --subvol-extents <subvolid> show extent state for a subvolume --tree-root <bytenr> use the given bytenr for the tree root EXIT STATUS btrfs check returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of failure. AVAILABILITY btrfs is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the btrfs wiki http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details. SEE ALSO mkfs.btrfs(8), btrfs-scrub(8), btrfs-rescue(8)