Docs for filesystem snapshots on FreeBSD 5.0?

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Per von Zweigbergk wrote:
> The new filesystem snapshot functionality in FreeBSD 5.0 seems very 
> interesting to make it possible to consistently back up filesystems. 
> However, I have found very little information about this when googling 
> for this information.
> 
> The best I could come up with: dumping an active filesystem is best done 
> with "dump -L", where -L activates snapshotting.
> 
> However, I have found no information about any utility similar to 
> Solaris' fssnap on FreeBSD.
> 
> Any pointers?

[0] dcs at dcs:/opt/home/dcs$ apropos snapshot
geom_stats_open(3), geom_stats_close(3), geom_stats_resync(3), 
geom_stats_snapshot_get(3), geom_stats_snapshot_f
ree(3), geom_stats_snapshot_timestamp(3), geom_stats_snapshot_reset(3), 
geom_stats_snapshot_next(3) - userland A
PI library for kernel GEOM subsystem
mksnap_ffs(8)            - take a filesystem snapshot
SDL_GetKeyState(3), SDL_GetKeyState-(3) - Get a snapshot of the current 
keyboard state

And the winner is... mksnap_ffs(8).

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