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btrfs property — Get, set, or list properties for a BTRFS filesystem object (files, directories, subvolumes, filesyst

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Problem

How to use the btrfs property command: Get, set, or list properties for a BTRFS filesystem object (files, directories, subvolumes, filesystems, or devices). More information: <https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-property.html>.

Solution

btrfs property — Get, set, or list properties for a BTRFS filesystem object (files, directories, subvolumes, filesystems, or devices). More information: <https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-property.html>.

List available properties (and descriptions) for the given btrfs object:

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[l|list]}} {{path/to/btrfs_object}}

Get all properties for the given btrfs object:

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} {{path/to/btrfs_object}}

Get the label property for the given btrfs filesystem or device:

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} {{path/to/btrfs_filesystem}} label

Get all object type-specific properties for the given btrfs filesystem or device:

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} -t {{subvol|filesystem|inode|device}} {{path/to/btrfs_filesystem}}

Set the compression property for a given btrfs inode (either a file or directory):

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[s|set]}} {{path/to/btrfs_inode}} compression {{zstd|zlib|lzo|none}}

Code Snippets

List available properties (and descriptions) for the given btrfs object

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[l|list]}} {{path/to/btrfs_object}}

Get all properties for the given btrfs object

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} {{path/to/btrfs_object}}

Get the `label` property for the given btrfs filesystem or device

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} {{path/to/btrfs_filesystem}} label

Get all object type-specific properties for the given btrfs filesystem or device

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[g|get]}} -t {{subvol|filesystem|inode|device}} {{path/to/btrfs_filesystem}}

Set the `compression` property for a given btrfs inode (either a file or directory)

sudo btrfs {{[p|property]}} {{[s|set]}} {{path/to/btrfs_inode}} compression {{zstd|zlib|lzo|none}}

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