NILFS_CLEANERD(8)

NAME
nilfs_cleanerd - NILFS2 garbage collector

SYNOPSIS
nilfs_cleanerd [-hV]

nilfs_cleanerd [options] device [directory]

DESCRIPTION
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 shut down 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.

OPTIONS

-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.

SIGNALS
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.

FILES

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

AUTHOR
Koji Sato

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

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