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+.Dd June 30, 2019
+.Dt ZFS-SNAPSHOT 8
+.Os Linux
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm zfs Ns Pf - Cm snapshot
+.Nd Creates snapshots with the given names.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Cm snapshot
+.Op Fl r
+.Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns ...
+.Ar filesystem Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns | Ns Ar volume Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bl -tag -width ""
+.It Xo
+.Nm
+.Cm snapshot
+.Op Fl r
+.Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns ...
+.Ar filesystem Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns | Ns Ar volume Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns ...
+.Xc
+All previous modifications by successful system calls to the file system are
+part of the snapshots.
+Snapshots are taken atomically, so that all snapshots correspond to the same
+moment in time.
+.Nm zfs Cm snap
+can be used as an alias for
+.Nm zfs Cm snapshot.
+See the
+.Em Snapshots
+section of
+.Xr zfsconcepts 8
+for details.
+.Bl -tag -width "-o"
+.It Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value
+Sets the specified property; see
+.Nm zfs Cm create
+for details.
+.It Fl r
+Recursively create snapshots of all descendent datasets
+.El
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr zfs-bookmark 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-clone 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-destroy 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-diff 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-hold 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-rename 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-rollback 8 ,
+.Xr zfs-send 8