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diff --git a/filesystems/zfsnap2/pkg-descr b/filesystems/zfsnap2/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e5aa55629cad --- /dev/null +++ b/filesystems/zfsnap2/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +zfsnap makes rolling ZFS snapshots easy and - with cron - automatic. + +The main advantages of zfsnap are its portability, simplicity, and performance. +It is written purely in /bin/sh and does not require any additional software - +other than a few core *nix utilies. + +zfsnap stores all the information it needs about a snapshot directly in its +name; no database or special ZFS properties are needed. The information is +stored in a way that is human readable, making it much easier for a sysadmin to +manage and audit backup schedules. + +Snapshot names are in the format of pool/fs@[prefix]Timestamp--TimeToLive +(e.g. pool/fs@weekly-2014-04-07_05.30.00--6m). The prefix is optional but can +be quite useful for filtering, Timestamp is the date and time when the snapshot +was created, and TimeToLive (TTL) is the amount of time the snapshot will be +kept until it can be deleted. |