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Re:The various scripts I use to back up my home computers us... by GekkePrutser on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:46PM (#33925002)
Zfs send/receive is nice but it does lack the toolchain to easily extract individual files from a backup. It's more of a disaster recovery thing in terms of backup.
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Re:The various scripts I use to back up my home computers us... by customizable on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:34PM (#33925564)
You can actually extract individual files from a snapshot by using the hidden .zfs directory like: /mnt-point/.zfs/snapshot/snapshot-name

Another alternative is to create a clone from a snapshot, which also makes the data writable.

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Re:The various scripts I use to back up my home computers us... by GekkePrutser on Saturday December 10, 2022 @05:37AM (#33931511)
A snapshot yes but not a zfs send stream which is a single file.
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