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diff --git a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 index 3bd5d9e..8361722 100644 --- a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 +++ b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 19, 2003 +.Dd May 29, 2009 .Dt MKSNAP_FFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -42,19 +42,12 @@ .Nd take a file system snapshot .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Ar mountpoint .Ar snapshot_name .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility creates a snapshot named -.Ar snapshot_name -on the file system mounted at -.Ar mountpoint . -The -.Ar snapshot_name -argument must be contained within the file system mounted at -.Ar mountpoint . +.Ar snapshot_name . .Pp The group ownership of the file is set to .Dq Li operator ; @@ -64,9 +57,19 @@ The mode of the snapshot is set to be readable by the owner or members of the .Dq Li operator group. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Create a snapshot of +.Pa /usr/home +file system and mount the snapshot elsewhere: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mksnap_ffs /usr/home/snapshot +mdconfig -a -t vnode -o readonly -f /usr/home/snapshot +mount -o ro /dev/md0 /mnt/ +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 2 , .Xr chown 8 , +.Xr mdconfig 8, .Xr mount 8 .Sh CAVEATS The disk full situation is not handled gracefully and may |
