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f84fe3fc 32.Dd May 27, 2021
870fc32f 33.Dt ZFS-SNAPSHOT 8
6706552e 34.Os
f84fe3fc 35.
870fc32f 36.Sh NAME
1e36af8c 37.Nm zfs-snapshot
f84fe3fc 38.Nd create snapshots of ZFS datasets
870fc32f 39.Sh SYNOPSIS
1e36af8c 40.Nm zfs
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41.Cm snapshot
42.Op Fl r
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43.Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns …
44.Ar dataset Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns …
45.
870fc32f 46.Sh DESCRIPTION
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47All previous modifications by successful system calls to the file system are
48part of the snapshots.
49Snapshots are taken atomically, so that all snapshots correspond to the same
50moment in time.
51.Nm zfs Cm snap
52can be used as an alias for
f84fe3fc 53.Nm zfs Cm snapshot .
870fc32f 54See the
f84fe3fc 55.Sx Snapshots
870fc32f 56section of
2badb345 57.Xr zfsconcepts 7
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58for details.
59.Bl -tag -width "-o"
60.It Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value
f84fe3fc 61Set the specified property; see
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62.Nm zfs Cm create
63for details.
64.It Fl r
65Recursively create snapshots of all descendent datasets
66.El
f84fe3fc 67.
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68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr zfs-bookmark 8 ,
70.Xr zfs-clone 8 ,
71.Xr zfs-destroy 8 ,
72.Xr zfs-diff 8 ,
73.Xr zfs-hold 8 ,
74.Xr zfs-rename 8 ,
75.Xr zfs-rollback 8 ,
76.Xr zfs-send 8