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From: Maxim Khitrov <max@mxcrypt.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:30:29 -0500
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To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz>
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Subject: Re: dot snap folder
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On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz> wrote:
> Is it permissible to delete the dot snap folder which is created
> in a filesystem?

See dump(8) -L option. Deleting .snap is safe as long you don't need
to dump that file system while it is mounted in rw mode.

- Max