LIZARDFS-MAKESNAPSH(1)

💖 LIZARDFS-MAKESNAPSH(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is lizardfs-makesnapshot — the LizardFS cutie that makes lazy copies 🦋 (and yes, the manual name is right there in the title, iykyk).

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✨ NAME ✨

lizardfs-makesnapshot — make lazy copies 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lizardfs makesnapshot [-o] [-f] SOURCE... DESTINATION

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so makesnapshot makes a "real" snapshot of some object(s) or a whole subtree — and by "real" we mean a lazy copy, exactly like in the case of appendchunks ✨ (think cp -r energy, but make it lazy). It's atomic with respect to each SOURCE argument separately, which is lowkey iconic of it.

if DESTINATION points to a file that already exists?? 🚨 error reported, no cap, unless you pass -f (force) or its alias -o (overwrite). pick your fighter 💅

📝 Note 📝 if SOURCE is a directory, it's copied as a whole — the entire thing, package deal 🎁 — but if it's followed by a trailing slash, only the directory content gets copied. subtle but real, bestie 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA, 2013-2016 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3. 💜

LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 👀

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• lizardfs(1)
• lizardfs-appendchunks(1)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — mwah 💋 this version is dated 07/24/2025 and lives under LIZARDFS-MAKESNAPSH(1), so you know exactly which manual you're reading. go make some lazy copies, you absolute main character 👑✨