====== ZFS - Snapshots - Send and Receive a Snapshot ======

ZFS snapshots of a filesystem can be:

  * Sent to a file or to another machine.
  * Received from another machine.
 
<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  This is great for backups or sending copies over the network (e.g. using ssh) to copy a file system.
</WRAP>

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===== Take a snapshot and save it to a file =====

<code bash>
sudo zfs snapshot -r testpool/projects@snap2
sudo zfs send testpool/projects@snap2 > ~/projects-snap.zfs
</code>

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===== Receive a snapshot =====

To receive back from the saved file:

<code bash>
sudo zfs receive -F testpool/projects-copy < ~/projects-snap.zfs
</code>