On Sep 26, 2010, at 4:41 AM, "Edward Ned Harvey" <sh...@nedharvey.com> wrote:

>> From: Richard Elling [mailto:richard.ell...@gmail.com]
>> 
>> It is relatively easy to find the latest, common snapshot on two file
>> systems.
>> Once you know the latest, common snapshot, you can send the
>> incrementals
>> up to the latest.
> 
> I've always relied on the snapshot names matching.  Is there a way to find
> the latest common snapshot if the names don't match?

If the snapshot names don't match, then the snapshots are not of the same data, 
by definition. The actual comparison is easy: given two (time sorted) lists, 
find the
latest, common entry. 
 -- richard

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