Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:21:27 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dot snap folder Message-ID: <20120116122127.7ee58697@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20120116125959.9ac522cc.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4F1363E4.2090104@paz.bz> <20120116064639.ef2dba63.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120116055451.GG51930@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201201160532.12066.lumiwa@gmail.com> <20120116125959.9ac522cc.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:59:59 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:32:11 -0600, ajtiM wrote: > > On Sunday 15 January 2012 23:54:52 Chip Camden wrote: > > > Quoth Polytropon on Monday, 16 January 2012: > > > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:40:20 -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > > > > Is it permissible to delete the dot snap folder which is > > > > > created in a filesystem? > > > > > > > > First of all, it's called a directory, not a "folder". :-) > > > > > > After all, it doesn't fold (for that you need a little Haskell or > > > OCaml). > > > > ...and the answer if is it permissible to delete .snap directory > > is?? Thank you. > > The answer has been provided two times, none of them is > quoted above or below. :-) > > I may repeat: It is permissible _unless_ you are running > the dump program on a live partition using the -L option. > > As the question has been answered, I'm not sure it has. AFAIK it's also used by background fsck.
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