thin_trim(8)

thin_trim8

Issue discard requests for free pool space (offline tool).

Usage

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

Overview

thin_trim sends discard requests to the pool device for unprovisioned areas.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

Options

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11–12
  4. 13–Arch

--pool-inactive until Debian 10 (Buster).

Author

Joe Thornber <[email protected]>

From thin-provisioning-tools 1.3.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.