I just read this article here: https://lwn.net/Articles/579009/ which states: --------------------------------- btrfs subvolume delete path For ordinary subvolumes (as opposed to snapshots, described below), the subvolume indicated by path must be empty before it can be deleted. --------------------------------- So I gave it a try: $ sudo btrfs subvolume create /home2 $ sudo mkdir /home2/lalala < copy a random pdf file into /home2/lalala) > $ sudo btrfs subvolume delete /home2 And boom! It's all gone! Even though subvolume was not empty. So apart from the fact that it looks like the article is wrong here, it seems very dangerous to me that one simple command can nuke an entire volume, even if it's full of files and folders. Of course I'm new to btrfs so maybe I'm reading something wrong. If so, then please do set me straight. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html