thin_trim(8)

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version 1.3.4 Β· 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

πŸ’– thin_trim(8) πŸ’–

System Manager's Manual realness, bestie πŸŽ€

✨ NAME ✨

okay so thin_trim is the tool that tells the pool device to discard free pool space. Highkey an offline tool, so it's not something you run whenever you feel like it 🧚

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

thin_trim [options] --metadata-dev {device|file} --data-dev {device|file}

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

so thin_trim sends discard requests to the pool device for the unprovisioned areas. no cap, it's giving clean-up crew energy ✨

🚫 Warning, bestie: this tool cannot be run on live metadata. Do not try it on live metadata. Not even a little. πŸ’€

πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

  • -h, --help β€” prints the help and exits. literally the "I'm lost" button πŸ™ˆ
  • -V, --version β€” prints the version info and exits πŸ¦‹

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

iykyk, these are the besties you'll want to check out next πŸ‘‘

🫢 AUTHOR 🫢

the one and only Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> made this whole thing happen πŸ‘


🌈 okay that's the whole tea, bestie! Fresh from Device Mapper Tools and the System Manager's Manual, all about thin_trim(8) πŸ’œπŸ“

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