mfsmakesnapshot(1)
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== NAME

mfsmakesnapshot - make lazy copies

== SYNOPSIS

[verse]
*mfsmakesnapshot* [*-o*] [*-f*] 'SOURCE'... 'DESTINATION'

== DESCRIPTION

*mfsmakesnapshot* makes a "real" snapshot (lazy copy, like in case of *mfsappendchunks*) of some
object(s) or subtree (similarly to *cp -r* command). It's atomic with respect to each 'SOURCE'
argument separately. If 'DESTINATION' points to already existing file, error will be reported unless
*-f* (force) or it's alias *-o* (overwrite) option is given.

NOTE: if 'SOURCE' is a directory, it's copied as a whole; but if it's followed by trailing slash,
only directory content is copied.

== COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA, 2013-2015 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

== SEE ALSO

mfstools(1),  mfsappendchunks(1)
