Thank you.

Jozef Hamar

Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Jozef Hamar wrote:
>> Ok, so what are the options (or "recommendations")  for someone who 
>> wants to create a new ZFS filesystem from inside his code (except 
>> calling exec on "zfs create"). Do I need to get copies of those 
>> source code files (assuming libzfs and libuutil are not the only ones 
>> which are private) or is there some other option to create zfs from 
>> inside a c code?
>
> Officially there isn't any unless your code is part of the ON 
> consolidation of OpenSolaris and/or has an ARC[1] contract for use of
> the interfaces.  That is because these are considered private 
> interfaces.  Note that private here has nothing to do with wither or 
> not they are open source or not it doesn't mean hidden.
>
> Unofficially grab the header files from the ON consolidation of 
> OpenSolaris and build way.  However be aware that the interfaces in 
> those libraries can and will change without you being warned about it.
>
>
> [1] http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/
>

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