Re: using fss snapshots

[Brook Milligan <brook%biology.nmsu.edu@localhost>]

> On Sep 28, 2026, at 23:20, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 07:48:07PM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
>> However, following fssconfig(8), the command
>> 
>>      # fssconfig fss0 /usr /tmp/back
>> 
>> yields the following error:
>> 
>>      fssconfig: /dev/rfss0: FSSIOCSET: Invalid argument
>> 
>> So far, anything with the path argument not / yields the invalid argument.
> 
> Is /usr a separate file system in your setup?
> You can not snapshot sub directories.

OK, got it.  That did not jump out to me from the man page.  Sorry.

Would a better diagnostic be helpful?

Cheers,
Brook