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btrfs scrub

Scrub btrfs filesystems to verify data integrity. It is recommended to run a scrub once a month. More information: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-scrub.html.

  • Start a scrub:

sudo btrfs scrub start path/to/btrfs_mount

  • Show the status of an ongoing or last completed scrub:

sudo btrfs scrub status path/to/btrfs_mount

  • Cancel an ongoing scrub:

sudo btrfs scrub cancel path/to/btrfs_mount

  • Resume a previously cancelled scrub:

sudo btrfs scrub resume path/to/btrfs_mount

  • Start a scrub, but wait until the scrub finishes before exiting:

sudo btrfs scrub start -B path/to/btrfs_mount

  • Start a scrub in quiet mode (does not print errors or statistics):

sudo btrfs scrub start -q path/to/btrfs_mount

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