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diff --git a/man/lvreduce.8.in b/man/lvreduce.8.in deleted file mode 100644 index edf0c920c..000000000 --- a/man/lvreduce.8.in +++ /dev/null @@ -1,110 +0,0 @@ -.TH LVREDUCE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- -.SH NAME -lvreduce \(em reduce the size of a logical volume -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B lvreduce -.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup -.RI { y | n }] -.RB [ \-\-commandprofile -.IR ProfileName ] -.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] -.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] -.RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] -.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] -.RB [ \-\-version ] -.RB [ \-f | \-\-force ] -.RB [ \-\-noudevsync ] -.RB { \-l | \-\-extents -.RI [ \- ] LogicalExtentsNumber [ % { VG | LV | FREE | ORIGIN }] -.RB | -.BR \-L | \-\-size -.RI [ \- ] LogicalVolumeSize [ bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE ]} -.RB [ \-n | \-\-nofsck ] -.RB [ \-\-reportformat -.RB { basic | json }] -.RB [ \-r | \-\-resizefs ] -.IR LogicalVolume { Name | Path } -.SH DESCRIPTION -lvreduce allows you to reduce the size of a logical volume. -Be careful when reducing a logical volume's size, because data in the -reduced part is lost!!! -.br -You should therefore ensure that any filesystem on the volume is -resized -.I before -running lvreduce so that the extents that are to be removed are not in use. -.br -Shrinking snapshot logical volumes (see -.BR lvcreate (8) -for information to create snapshots) is supported as well. -But to change the number of copies in a mirrored logical -volume use -.BR lvconvert (8). -.br -Sizes will be rounded if necessary - for example, the volume size must -be an exact number of extents and the size of a striped segment must -be a multiple of the number of stripes. -.br -.SH OPTIONS -See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. -.TP -.BR \-f ", " \-\-force -Force size reduction without prompting even when it may cause data loss. -.TP -.IR \fB\-l ", " \fB\-\-extents " [" \- ] LogicalExtentsNumber [ % { VG | LV | FREE | ORIGIN }] -Reduce or set the logical volume size in units of logical extents. -With the \fI-\fP sign the value will be subtracted from -the logical volume's actual size and without it the value will be taken -as an absolute size. -The total number of physical extents freed will be greater than this logical -value if, for example, the volume is mirrored. -The number can also be expressed as a percentage of the total space -in the Volume Group with the suffix \fI%VG\fP, relative to the existing -size of the Logical Volume with the suffix \fI%LV\fP, as a percentage of the -remaining free space in the Volume Group with the suffix \fI%FREE\fP, or (for -a snapshot) as a percentage of the total space in the Origin Logical -Volume with the suffix \fI%ORIGIN\fP. -The resulting value for the subtraction is rounded downward, for the absolute -size it is rounded upward. -N.B. In a future release, when expressed as a percentage with VG or FREE, the -number will be treated as an approximate total number of physical extents to be -freed (including extents used by any mirrors, for example). The code may -currently release more space than you might otherwise expect. -.TP -.IR \fB\-L ", " \fB\-\-size " [" \- ] LogicalVolumeSize [ bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE ] -Reduce or set the logical volume size in units of megabytes. -A size suffix of \fIk\fP for kilobyte, \fIm\fP for megabyte, -\fIg\fP for gigabytes, \fIt\fP for terabytes, \fIp\fP for petabytes -or \fIe\fP for exabytes is optional. -With the \fI\-\fP sign the value will be subtracted from -the logical volume's actual size and without it it will be taken as -an absolute size. -.TP -.BR \-n ", " \-\-nofsck -Do not perform fsck before resizing filesystem when filesystem -requires it. You may need to use \fB\-\-force\fR to proceed with -this option. -.TP -.BR \-\-noudevsync -Disable udev synchronisation. The -process will not wait for notification from udev. -It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing -in the background. You should only use this if udev is not running -or has rules that ignore the devices LVM2 creates. -.TP -.BR \-r ", " \-\-resizefs -Resize underlying filesystem together with the logical volume using -.BR fsadm (8). -.SH Examples -Reduce the size of logical volume lvol1 in volume group vg00 by 3 logical extents: -.sp -.B lvreduce \-l \-3 vg00/lvol1 -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR fsadm (8), -.BR lvchange (8), -.BR lvconvert (8), -.BR lvcreate (8), -.BR lvextend (8), -.BR lvm (8), -.BR lvresize (8), -.BR vgreduce (8) |