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6.\" Kirk McKusick and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security
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2.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
3.\" All rights reserved.
4.\"
5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Marshall
6.\" Kirk McKusick and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security
7.\" Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR
8.\" contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS

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35.\" $FreeBSD: head/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 180822 2008-07-26 13:18:33Z kib $
35.\" $FreeBSD: head/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 193051 2009-05-29 19:18:41Z pjd $
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36.\"
37.Dd January 19, 2003
37.Dd May 29, 2009
38.Dt MKSNAP_FFS 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm mksnap_ffs
42.Nd take a file system snapshot
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
38.Dt MKSNAP_FFS 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm mksnap_ffs
42.Nd take a file system snapshot
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Ar mountpoint
46.Ar snapshot_name
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50utility creates a snapshot named
45.Ar snapshot_name
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility creates a snapshot named
51.Ar snapshot_name
52on the file system mounted at
53.Ar mountpoint .
54The
55.Ar snapshot_name
56argument must be contained within the file system mounted at
57.Ar mountpoint .
50.Ar snapshot_name .
58.Pp
59The group ownership of the file is set to
60.Dq Li operator ;
61the owner of the file remains
62.Dq Li root .
63The mode of the snapshot is set to be readable by the owner
64or members of the
65.Dq Li operator
66group.
51.Pp
52The group ownership of the file is set to
53.Dq Li operator ;
54the owner of the file remains
55.Dq Li root .
56The mode of the snapshot is set to be readable by the owner
57or members of the
58.Dq Li operator
59group.
60.Sh EXAMPLES
61Create a snapshot of
62.Pa /usr/home
63file system and mount the snapshot elsewhere:
64.Bd -literal -offset indent
65mksnap_ffs /usr/home/snapshot
66mdconfig -a -t vnode -o readonly -f /usr/home/snapshot
67mount -o ro /dev/md0 /mnt/
68.Ed
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr chmod 2 ,
69.Xr chown 8 ,
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr chmod 2 ,
71.Xr chown 8 ,
72.Xr mdconfig 8,
70.Xr mount 8
71.Sh CAVEATS
72The disk full situation is not handled gracefully and may
73lead to a system panic when no free blocks are found.
74.Sh HISTORY
75The
76.Nm
77utility first appeared in
78.Fx 5.0 .
73.Xr mount 8
74.Sh CAVEATS
75The disk full situation is not handled gracefully and may
76lead to a system panic when no free blocks are found.
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Nm
80utility first appeared in
81.Fx 5.0 .