Re: "@" prefix in subvolume paths

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I see... quite underwhelming explanation :-) I thought there is some
special trick here.

Thanks,
Gábor


On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:10:14 +0000
Hugo Mills <hugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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