ZFS command can block the whole ZFS subsystem!

[Ian Lepore]

On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 17:14 +0100, O. Hartmann wrote:
> > > Issuing the command
> > > 
> > > "rm dumpfile.txt"
> > > 
> > > and then hitting Ctrl-Z to bring the rm command into background
> via
> > > fg" (I use FreeBSD's csh in that console) locks up the entire
> > > command and even worse - it seems to wind up the pool in question
> > > for being exported! 

It's probably just a typo in your email, but "^Z fg" suspends the
process then resumes it in foreground; I suspect you meant "^Z bg".
Also, at the point you would hit ^Z, it might be handy to hit ^T and see
what the process is actually doing.

-- Ian