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diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man8/zfs-clone.8 b/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man8/zfs-clone.8 index 0640244f2009..fee629951c36 100644 --- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man8/zfs-clone.8 +++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man8/zfs-clone.8 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .\" You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. .\" .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE -.\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. +.\" or https://opensource.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0. .\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions .\" and limitations under the License. .\" @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2018 Nexenta Systems, Inc. .\" Copyright 2019 Joyent, Inc. .\" -.Dd May 27, 2021 +.Dd March 16, 2022 .Dt ZFS-CLONE 8 .Os . @@ -65,6 +65,32 @@ If the target filesystem or volume already exists, the operation completes successfully. .El . +.Sh EXAMPLES +.\" These are, respectively, examples 9, 10 from zfs.8 +.\" Make sure to update them bidirectionally +.Ss Example 1 : No Creating a ZFS Clone +The following command creates a writable file system whose initial contents are +the same as +.Ar pool/home/bob@yesterday . +.Dl # Nm zfs Cm clone Ar pool/home/bob@yesterday pool/clone +. +.Ss Example 2 : No Promoting a ZFS Clone +The following commands illustrate how to test out changes to a file system, and +then replace the original file system with the changed one, using clones, clone +promotion, and renaming: +.Bd -literal -compact -offset Ds +.No # Nm zfs Cm create Ar pool/project/production + populate /pool/project/production with data +.No # Nm zfs Cm snapshot Ar pool/project/production Ns @ Ns Ar today +.No # Nm zfs Cm clone Ar pool/project/production@today pool/project/beta + make changes to /pool/project/beta and test them +.No # Nm zfs Cm promote Ar pool/project/beta +.No # Nm zfs Cm rename Ar pool/project/production pool/project/legacy +.No # Nm zfs Cm rename Ar pool/project/beta pool/project/production + once the legacy version is no longer needed, it can be destroyed +.No # Nm zfs Cm destroy Ar pool/project/legacy +.Ed +. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr zfs-promote 8 , .Xr zfs-snapshot 8 |