Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs subdirectories to data set conversion

2009-01-12 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 01:59:10PM -0500, Moore, Joe wrote: > Nicolas Williams wrote: > > It'd be awesome to have a native directory->dataset conversion feature > > in ZFS. And, relatedly, fast moves of files across datasets > > in the same > > volume. These two RFEs have been discussed to death

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs subdirectories to data set conversion

2009-01-12 Thread Moore, Joe
Nicolas Williams wrote: > It'd be awesome to have a native directory->dataset conversion feature > in ZFS. And, relatedly, fast moves of files across datasets > in the same > volume. These two RFEs have been discussed to death in the list; see > the archives. This would be a nice feature to hav

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs subdirectories to data set conversion

2009-01-12 Thread David Briand
Nicolas Williams wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:14:09PM -0500, David Briand wrote: Is there a simple way to convert subdirectories in a ZFS pool into data sets? An inefficient and complicated, but fast way is to snapshot and clone the dataset containing the directory

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs subdirectories to data set conversion

2009-01-12 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:14:09PM -0500, David Briand wrote: > Is there a simple way to convert subdirectories in a ZFS pool into data > sets? An inefficient and complicated, but fast way is to snapshot and clone the dataset containing the directory in question, then remove everything from the c