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.Dd March 16, 2022
.Dt ZFS-DIFF 8
.Os OpenZFS
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm zfs-diff
.Nd show difference between ZFS snapshots
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm zfs
.Cm diff
.Op Fl FHth
.Ar snapshot Ar snapshot Ns | Ns Ar filesystem
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Display the difference between a snapshot of a given filesystem and another
snapshot of that filesystem from a later time or the current contents of the
filesystem.
The first column is a character indicating the type of change, the other columns
indicate pathname, new pathname
.Pq in case of rename ,
change in link count, and optionally file type and/or change time.
The types of change are:
.Bl -tag -compact -offset Ds -width "M"
.It Sy -
The path has been removed
.It Sy +
The path has been created
.It Sy M
The path has been modified
.It Sy R
The path has been renamed
.El
.Bl -tag -width "-F"
.It Fl F
Display an indication of the type of file, in a manner similar to the
.Fl F
option of
.Xr ls 1 .
.Bl -tag -compact -offset 2n -width "B"
.It Sy B
Block device
.It Sy C
Character device
.It Sy /
Directory
.It Sy >
Door
.It Sy |\&
Named pipe
.It Sy @
Symbolic link
.It Sy P
Event port
.It Sy =
Socket
.It Sy F
Regular file
.El
.It Fl H
Give more parsable tab-separated output, without header lines and without
arrows.
.It Fl t
Display the path's inode change time as the first column of output.
.It Fl h
Do not
.Sy \e0 Ns Ar ooo Ns -escape
non-ASCII paths.
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.\" These are, respectively, examples 22 from zfs.8
.\" Make sure to update them bidirectionally
.Ss Example 1 : No Showing the differences between a snapshot and a ZFS Dataset
The following example shows how to see what has changed between a prior
snapshot of a ZFS dataset and its current state.
The
.Fl F
option is used to indicate type information for the files affected.
.Bd -literal -compact -offset Ds
.No # Nm zfs Cm diff Fl F Ar tank/test@before tank/test
M       /       /tank/test/
M       F       /tank/test/linked      (+1)
R       F       /tank/test/oldname -> /tank/test/newname
-       F       /tank/test/deleted
+       F       /tank/test/created
M       F       /tank/test/modified
.Ed
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr zfs-snapshot 8