nilfs_cleanerd - Man Page

nilfs_cleanerd [-hV]

nilfs_cleanerd [options] device [directory]

nilfs_cleanerd is a system daemon which reclaims disk space of a NILFS2 file system found in device.

The optional directory argument specifies the mount point where the daemon operates.  It must be an r/w-mount.

This program can be invoked either automatically by mount.nilfs2(8) or manually by an administrator.  However,  users are recommended to invoke nilfs_cleanerd through mount.nilfs2(8) or mount(8) and shutdown it through umount.nilfs2(8) or umount(8) in order to avoid state inconsistencies among administration tools.

nilfs_cleanerd displays its process ID (pid) to standard output when it started.

-V,  --version

Display version and exit.

-h,  --help

Display help message and exit.

-c file, --conf=file

Specify configuration file.

-p interval, --protection-period=interval

Override protection period with the specified number of seconds.

nilfs_cleanerd reacts to a set of signals.  You may send a signal to nilfs_cleanerd using the PID shown by the mount command (or in /etc/mtab):

# mount -t nilfs2

/dev/sdb1 on /nilfs type nilfs2 (rw,gcpid=PID)
# kill -SIGNAL PID

SIGHUP

This lets nilfs_cleanerd perform a re-initialization.  The configuration file (default is /etc/nilfs_cleanerd.conf) will be reread.

SIGTERM

The nilfs_cleanerd will exit cleanly.

SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2

Reserved for future use.  These let nilfs_cleanerd die at present.

/etc/nilfs_cleanerd.conf

Configuration file for nilfs_cleanerd. See nilfs_cleanerd.conf(5) for details.

Koji Sato

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

nilfs(8), mount.nilfs2(8), umount.nilfs2(8), nilfs_cleanerd.conf(5).

mount.nilfs2(8), nilfs(8), nilfs-clean(8), nilfs_cleanerd.conf(5), umount.nilfs2(8).