From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 5 16:29:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD4C11065673 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:29:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor1.peak.org (redcondor1.peak.org [69.59.192.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8BD8FC17 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by redcondor1.peak.org ({e03e86cd-14ae-47ce-9578-3c080ce9c462}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20110905162932006 for ; Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:29:32 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from maple.localnet (unknown [207.55.106.132]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CF1F2492036 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:29:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [IPv6:2001:1938:266::6f:616b]) by maple.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id C634661F9B for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:29:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41405C18C for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:29:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p85GTTRD080384; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:29:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110905130325.M78491@brightstar.bomgardner.net> <0FE472B72B858F5A6EF0FD01@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110905152046.M44028@brightstar.bomgardner.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:29:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20110905152046.M44028@brightstar.bomgardner.net> (Gene's message of "Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:23:32 -0500") Message-ID: <87mxej54wn.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Help Finding ZFS snapshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:29:32 -0000 "Gene" writes: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:48:22 -0400, Daniel Staal wrote >> --As of September 5, 2011 8:13:52 AM -0500, Gene is alleged to have said: >> >> > Using FreeBSD 8.1, amd64 - I wanted to recover files from a snapshot of >> > usr/home. Everything I've found via googling refers to a link such as >> > "path/zfs/.snapshot" >> >> --As for the rest, it is mine. >> >> Try "path/.zfs". ;) >> >> (Which, on my system, then has a 'snapshot' directory, which holds >> all the snapshots.) >> >> Daniel T. Staal >> > > No such luck. The following: > > cd / > ls -R | grep -i "zfs" > > finds only 'zfs' directories in the source tree and ports. > > Other ideas? I know the snapshots exist, I can see 'em with > "zfs list -t snapshot". The .zfs directory is hidden by default so you have to specifically ls or go into them. Do a 'ls' on the base directory of any zfs file system, and then add .zfs to the end and you should see the .snapshots directory. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org