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.IX Title "WRITEBOOST 8"
.TH WRITEBOOST 8 2024-01-09 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
writeboost \- create dm\-writeboost device\-mapper mappings
.SH SYNOPSYS
.IX Header "SYNOPSYS"
writeboost [ \fB\-u\fR ] [ \fBdevice\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
writeboost is a utility to create dm-writeboost device-mapper
mappings as per definitions in the "/etc/writeboosttab" file.
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP \fBdevice\fR 4
.IX Item "device"
Act on given device from the first field of the \fI/etc/writeboosttab\fR file.
When not given writeboost acts on all devices listed in \fI/etc/writeboosttab\fR.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Show usage and options.
.IP \fB\-u\fR 4
.IX Item "-u"
Un-map all mappings (or un-map only given \fBdevice\fR).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIwriteboosttab\fR(5)
.SH DM-WRITEBOOST
.IX Header "DM-WRITEBOOST"
dm-writeboost is a software using log-structured caching to accelerate
block IO. dm-writeboost is written by Akira Hayakawa <ruby.wktk@gmail.com>
and implemented as loadable module for Linux.
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See more at https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm\-writeboost
.SH AVAILABILITY
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\& https://gitlab.com/onlyjob/writeboost
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.SH VERSION
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\& 1.20160718
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.SH DONATIONS
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\& Donations are much appreciated, please consider donating:
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.SH AUTHOR
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\& Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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\& Copyright 2015\-2017 Libre Solutions Pty Ltd (http://raid6.com.au)
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.SH LICENSE
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\& This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
\& it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
\& the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
\& (at your option) any later version.
\&
\& This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
\& but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
\& MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
\& GNU General Public License for more details.
\&
\& You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
\& along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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