LFS_CLEANERD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual LFS_CLEANERD(8)NAMElfs_cleanerd - garbage collect a log-structured file system
SYNOPSISlfs_cleanerd [-ds] node
DESCRIPTION
The lfs_cleanerd command starts a daemon process which garbage-collects
the log-structured file system residing at the point named by node in the
global file system namespace. This command is normally executed by
mount_lfs(8) when the log-structured file system is mounted. The daemon
will exit within a few minutes of when the file system it was cleaning is
unmounted.
Garbage collection on a log-structured file system is done by scanning
the file system's segments for active, i.e. referenced, data and copying
it to new segments. When all of the active data in a given segment has
been copied to a new segment that segment can be marked as empty, thus
reclaiming the space taken by the inactive data which was in it.
The following options are available:
-d Run in debug mode. Do not become a daemon process, and print de-
bugging information.
-s When cleaning the file system, read data in small chunks.
SEE ALSOmount_lfs(8)HISTORY
The lfs_cleanerd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
4.4BSD December 11, 1993 1