Re: "@" prefix in subvolume paths

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On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 07:55:05PM +0200, pubny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed this "@" sign in the subvolume's path with SLES12. I'm
> wondering what is its purpose. openSUSE 13.2 doesn't seem to be using
> it.

   They created a subvolume called "@" and then put all the other
subvolumes under there. There's nothing special about it.

   The @ is often used as a prefix on subvolumes (e.g. in Ubuntu) to
indicate that they're subvolumes, but it's not required, and doesn't
have any extra meaning beyond being a useful naming convention.

   Hugo.

> Thanks,
> Gábor
> 
> 
> SLES12:
> # btrfs sub list /
> ID 257 gen 2270 top level 5 path @
> ID 258 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/boot/grub2/i386-pc
> ID 259 gen 4263 top level 257 path @/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi
> ID 260 gen 4037 top level 257 path @/opt
> ID 261 gen 2553 top level 257 path @/srv
> ID 262 gen 4521 top level 257 path @/tmp
> ID 263 gen 4492 top level 257 path @/usr/local
> ID 264 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/var/crash
> ID 265 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/var/lib/mailman
> ID 266 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/var/lib/named
> ID 267 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/var/lib/pgsql
> ID 268 gen 4523 top level 257 path @/var/log
> ID 269 gen 1655 top level 257 path @/var/opt
> ID 270 gen 4524 top level 257 path @/var/spool
> ID 271 gen 4521 top level 257 path @/var/tmp
> ID 275 gen 4505 top level 257 path @/.snapshots
> 
> 
> openSUSE 13.2:
> 
> # btrfs subvol list /
> ID 257 gen 3481911 top level 5 path boot/grub2/i386-pc
> ID 258 gen 3481911 top level 5 path boot/grub2/x86_64-efi
> ID 259 gen 3517714 top level 5 path home
> ID 260 gen 3515789 top level 5 path opt
> ID 261 gen 3513493 top level 5 path srv
> ID 262 gen 3513372 top level 5 path tmp
> ID 263 gen 3517660 top level 5 path usr/local
> ID 264 gen 3513372 top level 5 path var/crash
> ID 265 gen 3513372 top level 5 path var/lib/mailman
> ID 266 gen 3513372 top level 5 path var/lib/named
> ID 267 gen 3513372 top level 5 path var/lib/pgsql
> ID 268 gen 3517714 top level 5 path var/log
> ID 269 gen 3513372 top level 5 path var/opt
> ID 270 gen 3517714 top level 5 path var/spool
> ID 271 gen 3517706 top level 5 path var/tmp
> ID 276 gen 3517669 top level 5 path .snapshots

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