btrfs property

Get, set, or list properties for a BTRFS filesystem object (files, directories, subvolumes, filesystems, or devices). More information: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-property.html.

• List available properties (and descriptions) for the given btrfs object:

sudo btrfs property list path/to/btrfs_object

• Get all properties for the given btrfs object:

sudo btrfs property get path/to/btrfs_object

• Get the label property for the given btrfs filesystem or device:

sudo btrfs property get path/to/btrfs_filesystem label

• Get all object type-specific properties for the given btrfs filesystem or device:

sudo btrfs property get -t subvol|filesystem|inode|device path/to/btrfs_filesystem

• Set the compression property for a given btrfs inode (either a file or directory):

sudo btrfs property set path/to/btrfs_inode compression zstd|zlib|lzo|none