lizardfs-makesnapshot(1)¶

NAME¶

lizardfs-makesnapshot - make lazy copies

SYNOPSIS¶

lizardfs makesnapshot [-o] [-f] 'SOURCE'... 'DESTINATION'

DESCRIPTION¶

makesnapshot makes a “real” snapshot (lazy copy, like in case of appendchunks) of some object(s) or a subtree (similarly to the cp -r command). It’s atomic in respect to each ‘SOURCE’ argument separately. If ‘DESTINATION’ points to an already existing file, an error will be reported unless -f (force) or it’s alias -o (overwrite) option is given.

The new object exists only in metadata until changes to the data are done which will trigger creation of chunks for the changed files or removing metadata entries for erased chunks, unless the trash feature is utilized.

NOTE: if ‘SOURCE’ is a directory, it’s copied as a whole; but if it’s followed by a trailing slash, only the directory content is copied.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <contact@lizardfs.org>.

COPYRIGHT¶

LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.