Thanks Darren, that's good to know.

If multiple snapshots reference (own?) the same file, what's the quickest
way to zap that file from all snapshots?
I say 'own' because apparently the original file system that the snapshots
were created from, has been deleted, apparently, if I understood the initial
post correctly.

2008/5/13 Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Simon Breden wrote:
>
> > OK, I understand.
> >
> > I don't think it's possible though, as snapshots are read only, as far
> > as I know.
> > If you like voodoo you could try going into the .zfs directory, then
> > into the snapshot directory and see what you can do there, but I wouldn't
> > try it, as it might be possible to do harm that way.
> >
>
> There is no voodoo you could do and you can't do any harm.
>
> You can create, rename, delete and view snapshots via the .zfs/ directory
> but not do any harm to ZFS.
>
> --
> Darren J Moffat
>
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