The one problem I have is with snapshots. Really, the problem is with my understanding, and googling around I can't find the answer to the question I have.
The articles I find on BtrFS snapshots all tell me how great this mechanism is and how to use it and set it up. But it seems already set up and working even without me doing anything to initiate it. There are hundreds of sub-directories under /.snapshot and they are filling up. They are even filling up with stuff that comes from the NFS mounted stuff under /home !
I'm concerned because this is eating away at my small disk. Every time I do an zypper update this grows.
If I try to delete I get a message telling me that the files are on a write-protected file system!
Can anyone help my understanding here?
Anton, I'm not a btrfs expert, but windows ntfs has had conceptually similar "shadow copy" functionality since windows 2003. I am expert on it. With ntfs the shadow copies are maintained until the disk space is needed for existing files. When that happens, the oldest shadow copy is deleted automatically. There is nothing the user needs to do or even be aware of. The exception is if want to delete a file beyond forensic recovery, then you have to be very aware of the backup copies to ensure that backup copies are also destroyed. Fyi: in my day job I often have to implement court orders that call for intellectual property to be permanently destroyed, so I have to be aware of how the backup maintenance process works. Greg -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org