git: 85dc1a471591 - stable/13 - FFS/UFS snapshots: improve documentation for removal (deletion) and unlinking.
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:22:34 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by mckusick: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=85dc1a471591990618bc22ce6b25ac407ad4722e commit 85dc1a471591990618bc22ce6b25ac407ad4722e Author: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-08 06:02:07 +0000 Commit: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-20 05:22:06 +0000 FFS/UFS snapshots: improve documentation for removal (deletion) and unlinking. Clarification of the size of the snapshot file. Suggested by: Matteo Riondato PR: 266358 Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38817 (cherry picked from commit 129ea078cd16b768a1100b497282fd9359e8dfea) --- sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 index 6274e93a4adb..2bba68150636 100644 --- a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 +++ b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Snapshots can be listed using the command. .Pp After a snapshot is taken it appears as a file. -The file is the size of the file system from which it was taken. +The size of the snapshot file is equal to the size of the +file system from which it was taken. It can be moved, renamed or deleted (which removes the snapshot). .Pp The group ownership of the file is set to