'find' find enless loop in btrfs file system
Hi, Doing a "find /", find reports ¨Oneindige lus in bestandssysteem: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’ is onderdeel van dezelfde bestandssysteemlus als ‘/’." Translated to English: "Endless loop in file system: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’is part of same file system as ‘/’." Is it something I should worry about? I'm on TW, the root filesystem is btrfs, the home partition ext4. The system has 5 6TB disks, in a raid6 array. regards, Jogchum
On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:33:56 +0200 Jogchum Reitsma <j.reitsma@hccnet.nl> wrote:
Hi,
Doing a "find /", find reports
¨Oneindige lus in bestandssysteem: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’ is onderdeel van dezelfde bestandssysteemlus als ‘/’."
Translated to English:
"Endless loop in file system: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’is part of same file system as ‘/’."
Is it something I should worry about?
No, it's an annoying 'feature' of btrfs. :(
I'm on TW, the root filesystem is btrfs, the home partition ext4. The system has 5 6TB disks, in a raid6 array.
regards, Jogchum
On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 07:05 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:33:56 +0200 Jogchum Reitsma <j.reitsma@hccnet.nl> wrote:
Hi,
Doing a "find /", find reports
Translated to English:
"Endless loop in file system: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’is part of same file system as ‘/’."
Is it something I should worry about?
No, it's an annoying 'feature' of btrfs. :( .
Exclude snapshots from the search or search snapshot separately. This is common snapshot system behavior. They are very useful feature IMHO - we just need to be aware of them and consider them when making recursive searches, copies, etc. Tomas
Op 16-10-2021 om 00:24 schreef Tomas Kuchta:
On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 07:05 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:33:56 +0200 Jogchum Reitsma <j.reitsma@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > Doing a "find /", find reports > > Translated to English: > > "Endless loop in file system: ‘/.snapshots/1/snapshot’is part of same > file system as ‘/’." > > Is it something I should worry about?
No, it's an annoying 'feature' of btrfs. :( .
Exclude snapshots from the search or search snapshot separately.
This is common snapshot system behavior.
They are very useful feature IMHO - we just need to be aware of them and consider them when making recursive searches, copies, etc.
Tomas
Ok, thanks Dave and Tomas, I feel reassured. btrfs is the standard choice for the root FS when installing opensuse TW. But to me it's somewhat overcomplicated (e.g., how do I "Exclude snapshots from the search or search snapshot separately."? Of course it will be easy to find out, but with ext4 I don't have to bother with that. The snapshots make it more safe, I can understand that. But to me that's an issue with the home-partition, where your data are. Not so much for the root FS. In the rare case it is blown up somehow, it can be re-installed in half an hour, so to use btrfs as a standard it seems overkill to me. But of course, that's my opinion, in my situation... Thanks again! regards, Jogchum
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