Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:29:28 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Finding ZFS snapshots Message-ID: <87mxej54wn.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <20110905152046.M44028@brightstar.bomgardner.net> (Gene's message of "Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:23:32 -0500") References: <20110905130325.M78491@brightstar.bomgardner.net> <0FE472B72B858F5A6EF0FD01@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110905152046.M44028@brightstar.bomgardner.net>
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"Gene" <fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net> writes: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:48:22 -0400, Daniel Staal wrote >> --As of September 5, 2011 8:13:52 AM -0500, Gene is alleged to have said: >> >> > Using FreeBSD 8.1, amd64 - I wanted to recover files from a snapshot of >> > usr/home. Everything I've found via googling refers to a link such as >> > "path/zfs/.snapshot" >> >> --As for the rest, it is mine. >> >> Try "path/.zfs". ;) >> >> (Which, on my system, then has a 'snapshot' directory, which holds >> all the snapshots.) >> >> Daniel T. Staal >> > > No such luck. The following: > > cd / > ls -R | grep -i "zfs" > > finds only 'zfs' directories in the source tree and ports. > > Other ideas? I know the snapshots exist, I can see 'em with > "zfs list -t snapshot". The .zfs directory is hidden by default so you have to specifically ls or go into them. Do a 'ls' on the base directory of any zfs file system, and then add .zfs to the end and you should see the .snapshots directory. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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