From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp02.belwue.de ([129.143.71.87]:55168 "EHLO smtp02.belwue.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757412AbdIIIfx (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 04:35:53 -0400 Received: from fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.1.129]) by smtp02.belwue.de (Postfix) with SMTP id B7E0588EB for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2017 10:35:51 +0200 (MEST) Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 10:35:51 +0200 From: Ulli Horlacher To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: generic name for volume and subvolume root? Message-ID: <20170909083551.GC22060@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: As I am writing some documentation abount creating snapshots: Is there a generic name for both volume and subvolume root? Example: root@fex:~# btrfs subvol show /mnt ERROR: not a subvolume: /mnt root@fex:~# btrfs subvol show /mnt/test /mnt/test is toplevel subvolume root@fex:~# btrfs subvol show /mnt/test/data /mnt/test/data Name: data UUID: b32a5949-dfd6-ef45-8616-34ae4cdf6fb8 (...) root@fex:~# btrfs subvol show /mnt/test/data/sw ERROR: not a subvolume: /mnt/test/data/sw I can create snapshots of /mnt/test and /mnt/test/data, but not of /mnt and /mnt/test/data/sw Is there a simple name for directories I can snapshot? -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<20170909083551.GC22060@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>