Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs

2020-10-27 Thread Coalson, Timothy Scott (S)
Let me rephrase: the main difference between a zfs fs and an ordinary folder is that you can create snapshots of a zfs fs, but not of a folder. Your plans involve creating several zfs fs'es, but it isn't clear to me why you seem to want to do that rather than use ordinary folders. The symlink

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs

2020-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
v...@bb-c.de (Volker A. Brandt) writes: > Hi Harry! > > >> > Both will work. Any dataset snapshot can be sent/received separately, >> > if you want. But you can also use a recursive send where the dataset >> > itself and all "child datasets" will be included in the stream. Check >> > out the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs

2020-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
"Coalson, Timothy Scott (S)" writes: > > From: Harry Putnam > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 4:29 PM > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs > > ... > In my case, running ubuntu 20:10 /usr is also zfs and part

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs

2020-10-27 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Hi Harry! > > Both will work. Any dataset snapshot can be sent/received separately, > > if you want. But you can also use a recursive send where the dataset > > itself and all "child datasets" will be included in the stream. Check > > out the "-r" and "-R" flags in the zfs(1M) man page. > > I

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Layout of zfs fs

2020-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
v...@bb-c.de (Volker A. Brandt) writes: > Harry Putnam writes: >> >> So should I create the zfs fs by >> >> zfs create ... -o mountpoint=/usr/local p0/local >> >> zfs create ... p0/local/src >> >> zfs create ... p0/local/src/git >> >> >> >> (the -p option may be useful above.. I just want it >>