On Jan 16, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Juan Orti Alcaine wrote: > >> 2014/1/16 Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Trying to follow the example in this article: >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/bitrot-and-atomic-cows-inside-next-gen-filesystems/3/ >>> >>> [root@nbecker1 nbecker]# btrfs subvolume list / >>> ID 256 gen 563294 top level 5 path home >>> ID 258 gen 563294 top level 5 path root >>> ID 370 gen 563278 top level 5 path home/.snapshots >>> ID 371 gen 563279 top level 5 path home/.snapshots/01162014 >>> >>> [root@nbecker1 nbecker]# btrfs send /home/.snapshots/01162014 > /dev/null >>> At subvol /home/.snapshots/01162014 >>> ERROR: open home/.snapshots/01162014 failed. No such file or directory >>> >>> OK, I have no clue why this doesn't work. >>> >> >> >> I'm not sure about the snapshots-inside-a-subvolume thing. I have the >> root (subvolid=0) mounted in /mnt/btrfs and take there the snapshots, >> so they are not nested: >> >> # btrfs sub list /mnt/btrfs >> ID 284 gen 15086 top level 5 path root >> ID 1032 gen 12751 top level 5 path root@2014-01-14_23:45:01 >> ID 1033 gen 12777 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_07:45:01 >> ID 1034 gen 12794 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_08:00:01 >> ID 1035 gen 12811 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_08:15:01 >> ID 1036 gen 12829 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_08:30:01 >> ID 1037 gen 12844 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_08:45:01 >> ID 1038 gen 12863 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_09:00:01 >> ID 1039 gen 12880 top level 5 path root@2014-01-15_09:15:01 >> >> Also, to send a subvolume, it must be read-only: >> >> # btrfs sub snapshot -r / /mnt/btrfs/my-ro-root >> # btrfs send /mnt/btrfs/my-ro-root >> >> You can later make a read-write snapshot of a read-only one to work with it. >> > > OK, I used a path /.snapshots: > > btrfs subvolume list / > ID 256 gen 563396 top level 5 path home > ID 258 gen 563396 top level 5 path root > ID 372 gen 563396 top level 258 path .snapshots > [root@nbecker1 nbecker]# btrfs sub snapshot -r /home /.snapshots > Create a readonly snapshot of '/home' in '/.snapshots/home' This caused the snapshot of home to be created as <FS_TREE>/root/.snapshots/home You can see that .snapshots is under top level 258, which is the root subvolume. > [root@nbecker1 nbecker]# btrfs subvolume list / > ID 256 gen 563398 top level 5 path home > ID 258 gen 563398 top level 5 path root > ID 372 gen 563398 top level 258 path .snapshots > ID 373 gen 563398 top level 258 path .snapshots/home > [root@nbecker1 nbecker]# btrfs send /.snapshots/home > /dev/null > At subvol /.snapshots/home > ERROR: open root/.snapshots/home failed. No such file or directory Interesting. It resolves the correct path <FS_TREE>/root/.snapshots/home that was presumably used above. What do you get for btrfs sub list / -ta btrfs sub list / -tar Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org