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.TH CACHE_REPAIR 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
cache_repair \- repair cache binary metadata from device/file to device/file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cache_repair
.RB [ options ]
.RB -i
.I {device|file}
.RB -o
.I {device|file}
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B cache_repair
reads binary cache metadata created by the
respective device-mapper target from one
.I device
or
.I file
, repairs it and writes it to another
.I device
or
.I file.
If written to a metadata
.I device
, the metadata can be processed
by the device-mapper target.
.IP "\fB\-i, \-\-input\fP \fI{device|file}\fP"
Input file or device with binary metadata.
.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output\fP \fI{device|file}\fP"
Output file or device for repaired binary metadata.
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
Print help and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
Output version information and exit.
.SH EXAMPLE
Reads the binary cache metadata from file
.B metadata
, repairs it and writes it to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
for further processing by the respective device-mapper target:
.sp
.B cache_repair -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.B cache_repair
returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B cache_dump(8)
.B cache_check(8)
.B cache_restore(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
.br
Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>