zfs list is mighty slow on systems with a large number of objects, but there is no foreseeable plan that I'm aware of to solve that "problem".
Never the less, you need to do a zfs list, therefore, do it once and work from that. zfs list > /tmp/zfs.out for i in `grep mydataset@ /tmp/zfs.out`; do zfs destroy $i; done As for 5 minute snapshots.... this is NOT a bad idea. It is, however, complex to manage. Thus, you need to employ tactics to make it more digestible. You need to ask yourself first why you want 5 min snaps. Is it replication? If so, create it, replicate it, destroy all but the last snapshot or even rotate them. Or, is it fallback in case you make a mistake? Then just keep around the last 6 snapshots or so. zfs rename & zfs destroy are your friends.... use them wisely. :) If you want to discuss exactly what your trying to facilitate I'm sure we can come up with some more concrete ideas to help you. benr. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
