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/usr/bin/era_invalidate

Tools for checking, repairing and dumping dm-thin, dm-cache and dm-era metadata

From thin-provisioning-tools 1.3.4-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running era_invalidate --help (exit 0). permalink

List blocks that may have changed since a given era

Usage: era_invalidate [OPTIONS] --written-since <ERA> <INPUT>

Arguments:
  <INPUT>  Specify the input device

Options:
  -h, --help                 Print help
      --metadata-snapshot    Use the metadata snapshot rather than the current superblock
  -o, --output <FILE>        Specify the output file rather than stdout
  -V, --version              Print version
      --written-since <ERA>  Blocks written since the given era will be listed
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint help and exit.help + man
--metadata-snapshotUse the metadata snapshot rather than the current superblock.help + man
-o, --output FILESpecify the output file rather than stdouthelp + man
-V, --versionPrint version information and exit.help + man
--written-since ERABlocks written since the given era will be listed.help + man
Examples (1) from the manual page, untested

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