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NAME

       mkcp - make a NILFS2 checkpoint

SYNOPSIS

       mkcp [options] [device]

DESCRIPTION

       mkcp  is  a  utility for making a checkpoint or snapshot for the NILFS2
       file system found in device.  When device is omitted, it tries to  find
       a NILFS2 file system from /proc/mounts.

       This  command  is  valid only for mounted NILFS2 file systems, and will
       fail if the device has no active mounts.

OPTIONS

       -s     Create a snapshot.

       -h     Display help message and exit.

AUTHOR

       Koji Sato <koji@osrg.net>

AVAILABILITY

       mkcp  is  part  of  the  nilfs-utils  package  and  is  available  from
       http://www.nilfs.org.

SEE ALSO

       nilfs(8), lscp(1), chcp(8), rmcp(8).