git: 129ea078cd16 - main - FFS/UFS snapshots: improve documentation for removal (deletion) and unlinking.
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Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:03:22 UTC
The branch main has been updated by mckusick:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=129ea078cd16b768a1100b497282fd9359e8dfea
commit 129ea078cd16b768a1100b497282fd9359e8dfea
Author: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-03-08 06:02:07 +0000
Commit: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-03-08 06:03:00 +0000
FFS/UFS snapshots: improve documentation for removal (deletion) and unlinking.
Clarification of the size of the snapshot file.
Suggested by: Matteo Riondato
PR: 266358
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38817
---
sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8
index 6274e93a4adb..2bba68150636 100644
--- a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8
+++ b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Snapshots can be listed using the
command.
.Pp
After a snapshot is taken it appears as a file.
-The file is the size of the file system from which it was taken.
+The size of the snapshot file is equal to the size of the
+file system from which it was taken.
It can be moved, renamed or deleted (which removes the snapshot).
.Pp
The group ownership of the file is set to