From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.net>
To: Bernd Lentes <bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de>
Cc: Btrfs BTRFS <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: can i delete a snapshot with rm -rf ?
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 00:44:43 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230607004443.58b9395c@nvm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PR3PR04MB73408FC92E78BEFF8E85C395D652A@PR3PR04MB7340.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 19:34:36 +0000
Bernd Lentes <bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:
> i'm pretty sure having read that this is possible. And in some scripts i do it this way.
> But now i found on the net to not delete a snapshot with rm.
>
> Cab you help me to clarify that ?
Yes you can, but it is not the optimal way.
It would be more time-consuming, and might lead to metadata bloat and
fragmentation, since multiple states of the directory tree over time as the
deletion progresses will need to get recorded and re-recorded in the metadata.
--
With respect,
Roman
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-06 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-06 19:34 can i delete a snapshot with rm -rf ? Bernd Lentes
2023-06-06 19:44 ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2023-06-06 19:44 ` Roman Mamedov [this message]
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