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Userspace utilities to manage btrfs filesystems.
License: GPLv2.

Btrfs is a copy on write (COW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing
advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy
administration.


This repository hosts following utilities:

* **btrfs** &mdash; the main administration tool ([manual page](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Manpage/btrfs))
* **mkfs.btrfs** &mdash; utility to create the filesystem ([manual page](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Manpage/mkfs.btrfs))
* all-in-one binary in the busybox style with mkfs.btrfs, btrfs-image and other tools built-in ([standalone tools](https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/blob/master/Documentation/btrfs.asciidoc#standalone-tools))
* **libbtrfsutil** (LGPL v2.1) &mdash; C and python 3 bindings, see [libbtrfsutil/README.md](libbtrfsutil/README.md) for more

See [INSTALL](INSTALL) for build instructions and [tests/README.md](tests/README.md) for
testing information.
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Homepage:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs/
