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33.Dd June 30, 2019
34.Dt ZFS-HOLD 8
35.Os
36.
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm zfs-hold
39.Nd hold ZFS snapshots to prevent their removal
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm zfs
42.Cm hold
43.Op Fl r
44.Ar tag Ar snapshot Ns …
45.Nm zfs
46.Cm holds
47.Op Fl rHp
48.Ar snapshot Ns …
49.Nm zfs
50.Cm release
51.Op Fl r
52.Ar tag Ar snapshot Ns …
53.
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55.Bl -tag -width ""
56.It Xo
57.Nm zfs
58.Cm hold
59.Op Fl r
60.Ar tag Ar snapshot Ns …
61.Xc
62Adds a single reference, named with the
63.Ar tag
64argument, to the specified snapshots.
65Each snapshot has its own tag namespace, and tags must be unique within that
66space.
67.Pp
68If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the
69.Nm zfs Cm destroy
70command return
71.Sy EBUSY .
72.Bl -tag -width "-r"
73.It Fl r
74Specifies that a hold with the given tag is applied recursively to the snapshots
75of all descendent file systems.
76.El
77.It Xo
78.Nm zfs
79.Cm holds
80.Op Fl rHp
81.Ar snapshot Ns …
82.Xc
83Lists all existing user references for the given snapshot or snapshots.
84.Bl -tag -width "-r"
85.It Fl r
86Lists the holds that are set on the named descendent snapshots, in addition to
87listing the holds on the named snapshot.
88.It Fl H
89Do not print headers, use tab-delimited output.
90.It Fl p
91Prints holds timestamps as Unix epoch timestamps.
92.El
93.It Xo
94.Nm zfs
95.Cm release
96.Op Fl r
97.Ar tag Ar snapshot Ns …
98.Xc
99Removes a single reference, named with the
100.Ar tag
101argument, from the specified snapshot or snapshots.
102The tag must already exist for each snapshot.
103If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the
104.Nm zfs Cm destroy
105command return
106.Sy EBUSY .
107.Bl -tag -width "-r"
108.It Fl r
109Recursively releases a hold with the given tag on the snapshots of all
110descendent file systems.
111.El
112.El
113.
114.Sh SEE ALSO
115.Xr zfs-destroy 8
116