Ross wrote:
> Ok, I see where you're coming from now, but what you're talking about isn't 
> zfs send / receive.  If I'm interpreting correctly, you're talking about a 
> couple of features, neither of which is in ZFS yet, and I'd need the input of 
> more technical people to know if they are possible.
> 
> 1.  The ability to restore individual files from a snapshot, in the same way 
> an entire snapshot is restored - simply using the blocks that are already 
> stored.
> 
> 2.  The ability to store (and restore from) snapshots on external media.

What makes you say this doesn't work ?  Exactly what do you mean here 
because this will work:

        $ zfs send [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dd of=/dev/tape

Sure it might not be useful and I don't think that is what you mean here 
  so can you expand on "sotre snapshots on external media.

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Darren J Moffat
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