apfs-snap(8)

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version 0.2.1 · 3 versions
, in arch rolling, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ apfs-snap — it's giving snapshot energy 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to apfs-snap(8), part of the apfsprogs</> fam 🫶 it lives in the System Manager's Manual, and it's here to take a snapshot of an APFS filesystem. yes, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

apfs-snap — take an snapshot of an APFS filesystem ✨

(yes, "an snapshot". the manpage said it like that and we are NOT editing it, it's iconic 🎀)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

apfs-snap mountpoint name

two little args, that's it, that's the whole thing 😌

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, apfs-snap is an experimental tool — yes bestie, experimental, read it and weep 😭 — that takes a snapshot of the APFS filesystem mounted on the given mountpoint.

and the label for your brand new snapshot? that goes in name. you gotta specify it. no name, no snapshot, no vibes 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -v — prints the version number of apfs-snap and then just exits. that's it. it's giving "hi, bye" 🦋

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? no cap, please report it 🫶 you can do it via email, or if that's not your thing, just file a github issue at:

https://github.com/eafer/apfsprogs/issues

go off, bestie, they wanna hear it 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Ernesto A. Fernández</> <ernesto@corellium.com>. icon behavior, honestly 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole APFS squad, fr fr ✨

ok and that's the page!! 💖 this was apfsprogs 0.2.1, from June 2025 — so like, recent recent 👑 mwah, go take some snapshots bestie, you got this 💅🌸🦋
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