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33.Dd June 30, 2019
34.Dt ZFS-DIFF 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm zfs Ns Pf - Cm diff
38.Nd Display the difference between two snapshots of a given filesystem.
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Cm diff
42.Op Fl FHt
43.Ar snapshot Ar snapshot Ns | Ns Ar filesystem
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Bl -tag -width ""
46.It Xo
47.Nm
48.Cm diff
49.Op Fl FHt
50.Ar snapshot Ar snapshot Ns | Ns Ar filesystem
51.Xc
52Display the difference between a snapshot of a given filesystem and another
53snapshot of that filesystem from a later time or the current contents of the
54filesystem.
55The first column is a character indicating the type of change, the other columns
56indicate pathname, new pathname
57.Pq in case of rename ,
58change in link count, and optionally file type and/or change time.
59The types of change are:
60.Bd -literal
61-       The path has been removed
62+       The path has been created
63M       The path has been modified
64R       The path has been renamed
65.Ed
66.Bl -tag -width "-F"
67.It Fl F
68Display an indication of the type of file, in a manner similar to the
69.Fl
70option of
71.Xr ls 1 .
72.Bd -literal
73B       Block device
74C       Character device
75/       Directory
76>       Door
77|       Named pipe
78@       Symbolic link
79P       Event port
80=       Socket
81F       Regular file
82.Ed
83.It Fl H
84Give more parsable tab-separated output, without header lines and without
85arrows.
86.It Fl t
87Display the path's inode change time as the first column of output.
88.El
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr zfs-snapshot 8
92