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ZFS-DIFF(8)		     System Manager's Manual		     ZFS-DIFF(8)

NAME
     zfs-diff -- show difference between ZFS snapshots

SYNOPSIS
     zfs diff [-FHth] snapshot snapshot|filesystem

DESCRIPTION
     Display the difference between a snapshot of a given filesystem and another
     snapshot  of  that  filesystem from a later time or the current contents of
     the filesystem.  The first column is a character  indicating  the	type  of
     change,  the  other  columns  indicate  pathname,	new pathname (in case of
     rename), change in link count, and optionally file type and/or change time.
     The types of change are:
	   -  The path has been removed
	   +  The path has been created
	   M  The path has been modified
	   R  The path has been renamed

     -F  Display an indication of the type of file, in a manner similar  to  the
	 -F option of ls(1).
	   B  Block device
	   C  Character device
	   /  Directory
	   >  Door
	   |  Named pipe
	   @  Symbolic link
	   P  Event port
	   =  Socket
	   F  Regular file

     -H  Give more parsable tab-separated output, without header lines and with-
	 out arrows.

     -t  Display the path's inode change time as the first column of output.

     -h  Do not \0ooo-escape non-ASCII paths.

EXAMPLES
   Example 1: Showing the differences between a snapshot and a ZFS Dataset
     The  following  example  shows  how to see what has changed between a prior
     snapshot of a ZFS dataset and its current state.  The -F option is used  to
     indicate type information for the files affected.
	   # zfs diff -F tank/test@before tank/test
	   M	   /	   /tank/test/
	   M	   F	   /tank/test/linked	  (+1)
	   R	   F	   /tank/test/oldname -> /tank/test/newname
	   -	   F	   /tank/test/deleted
	   +	   F	   /tank/test/created
	   M	   F	   /tank/test/modified

SEE ALSO
     zfs-snapshot(8)

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  July 11, 2022 		     ZFS-DIFF(8)

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