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mksubvolume(8)

mksubvolume8

Command-line program to create btrfs subvolume

Usage

mksubvolume [--nocow] [--verbose] path

Overview

Mksubvolume is a command-line program to create a btrfs subvolume including adding a fstab entry and mounting the subvolume at the absolute path path.

Options

--nocow

Set the no-copy-on-write flag for the subvolume.

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)

Authors

Arvin Schnell <[email protected]>

From snapper 0.13.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.