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| .Dd May 27, 2021 |
| .Dt ZFS-SNAPSHOT 8 |
| .Os |
| . |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm zfs-snapshot |
| .Nd create snapshots of ZFS datasets |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm zfs |
| .Cm snapshot |
| .Op Fl r |
| .Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns … |
| .Ar dataset Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns … |
| . |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| All previous modifications by successful system calls to the file system are |
| part of the snapshots. |
| Snapshots are taken atomically, so that all snapshots correspond to the same |
| moment in time. |
| .Nm zfs Cm snap |
| can be used as an alias for |
| .Nm zfs Cm snapshot . |
| See the |
| .Sx Snapshots |
| section of |
| .Xr zfsconcepts 7 |
| for details. |
| .Bl -tag -width "-o" |
| .It Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value |
| Set the specified property; see |
| .Nm zfs Cm create |
| for details. |
| .It Fl r |
| Recursively create snapshots of all descendent datasets |
| .El |
| . |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr zfs-bookmark 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-clone 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-destroy 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-diff 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-hold 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-rename 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-rollback 8 , |
| .Xr zfs-send 8 |