Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote (ao):
> On 2015-07-09 08:41, Sander wrote:
> >Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote (ao):
> >>>What's wrong with "btrfs subvolume snapshot"?
> >>
> >>Well, personally I would say the fact that once something is tagged as
> >>a snapshot, you can't change it to a regular subvolume without doing a
> >>non-incremental send/receive.
> >
> >A snapshot is a subvolume. There is no such thing as "tagged as a
> >snapshot".
> >
> > Sander
> >
> No, there is a bit in the subvolume metadata that says whether it's
> considered a snapshot or not. Internally, they are handled identically, but
> it does come into play when you consider things like btrfs subvolume show -s
> (which only lists snapshots), which in turn means that certain tasks are
> more difficult to script robustly.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.
Sander
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