NAME
mksnap_ffs — take a file system snapshot
SYNOPSIS
mksnap_ffs mountpoint snapshot_name
DESCRIPTION
The mksnap_ffs utility creates a snapshot named snapshot_name on the file system mounted at mountpoint. The snapshot_name argument must be contained within the file system mounted at mountpoint.
The group ownership of the file is set to ’’operator’’; the owner of the file remains ’’root’’. The mode of the snapshot is set to be readable by the owner or members of the ’’operator’’ group.
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HISTORY
The mksnap_ffs utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.
BSD January 19, 2003 BSD