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.\"	@(#)lfs_cleanerd.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt LFS_CLEANERD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm lfs_cleanerd
.Nd garbage collect a log-structured file system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm lfs_cleanerd
.Op Fl ds
.Pa node
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm lfs_cleanerd
command starts a daemon process which garbage-collects
the log-structured file system residing at the point named by
.Ar node
in the global file system namespace.
This command is normally executed by
.Xr mount_lfs 8
when the log-structured file system is mounted.
The daemon will exit within a few minutes
of when the file system it was cleaning is unmounted.
.Pp
Garbage collection on a log-structured file system is done by scanning
the file system's segments for active, i.e., referenced, data and copying
it to new segments.
When all of the active data in a given segment has been copied to a new
segment that segment can be marked as empty, thus reclaiming the space
taken by the inactive data which was in it.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl d
Run in debug mode.
Do not become a daemon process, and print debugging information.
.It Fl s
When cleaning the file system, read data in small chunks.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mount_lfs 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm lfs_cleanerd
utility first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .