Illumos #1888: zfs(8) should mention zfs recv -e

Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]>
Reviewed by: Eric Schrock <[email protected]>
Reviewed by: Gordon Ross <[email protected]>
Approved by: Richard Lowe <[email protected]>

References:
  https://www.illumos.org/issues/1888

Ported by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Closes #683

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index 62ca9da2b..371fbf7a3 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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+.\" Copyright 2011 Joshua M. Clulow <[email protected]>
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@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ zfs \- configures ZFS file systems
 
 .LP
 .nf
-\fBzfs\fR \fBreceive | recv\fR [\fB-vnFu\fR] \fB-d\fR \fIfilesystem\fR
+\fBzfs\fR \fBreceive | recv\fR [\fB-vnFu\fR] [\fB-d\fR|\fB-e\fR] \fIfilesystem\fR
 .fi
 
 .LP
@@ -2345,7 +2346,7 @@ The format of the stream is committed. You will be able to receive your streams
 .ad
 .br
 .na
-\fB\fBzfs receive\fR [\fB-vnFu\fR] \fB-d\fR \fIfilesystem\fR\fR
+\fB\fBzfs receive\fR [\fB-vnFu\fR] [\fB-d\fR|\fB-e\fR] \fIfilesystem\fR\fR
 .ad
 .sp .6
 .RS 4n
@@ -2355,9 +2356,11 @@ If an incremental stream is received, then the destination file system must alre
 .sp
 When a snapshot replication package stream that is generated by using the \fBzfs send\fR \fB-R\fR command is  received, any snapshots that do not exist on the sending location are destroyed by using the \fBzfs destroy\fR \fB-d\fR command.
 .sp
-The name of the snapshot (and file system, if a full stream is received) that this subcommand creates depends on the argument type and the \fB-d\fR option.
+The name of the snapshot (and file system, if a full stream is received) that this subcommand creates depends on the argument type and the use of the \fB-d\fR or \fB-e\fR options.
 .sp
-If the argument is a snapshot name, the specified \fIsnapshot\fR is created. If the argument is a file system or volume name, a snapshot with the same name as the sent snapshot is created within the specified \fIfilesystem\fR or \fIvolume\fR. If the \fB-d\fR option is specified, the snapshot name is determined by appending the sent snapshot's name to the specified \fIfilesystem\fR. If the \fB-d\fR option is specified, any required file systems within the specified one are created.
+If the argument is a snapshot name, the specified \fIsnapshot\fR is created. If the argument is a file system or volume name, a snapshot with the same name as the sent snapshot is created within the specified \fIfilesystem\fR or \fIvolume\fR.  If neither of the \fB-d\fR or \fB-e\fR options are specified, the provided target snapshot name is used exactly as provided.
+.sp
+The \fB-d\fR and \fB-e\fR options cause the file system name of the target snapshot to be determined by appending a portion of the sent snapshot's name to the specified target \fIfilesystem\fR. If the \fB-d\fR option is specified, all but the first element of the sent snapshot's file system path (usually the pool name) is used and any required intermediate file systems within the specified one are created.  If the \fB-e\fR option is specified, then only the last element of the sent snapshot's file system name (i.e. the name of the source file system itself) is used as the target file system name.
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .mk
@@ -2366,7 +2369,17 @@ If the argument is a snapshot name, the specified \fIsnapshot\fR is created. If
 .ad
 .sp .6
 .RS 4n
-Use the name of the sent snapshot to determine the name of the new snapshot as described in the paragraph above.
+Discard the first element of the sent snapshot's file system name, using the remaining elements to determine the name of the target file system for the new snapshot as described in the paragraph above.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fB-e\fR\fR
+.ad
+.sp .6
+.RS 4n
+Discard all but the last element of the sent snapshot's file system name, using that element to determine the name of the target file system for the new snapshot as described in the paragraph above.
 .RE
 
 .sp