On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 02:45:49PM -0600, Terrance Harris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a btrfs novice, but i've been using it for a few years now on
> openSUSE Tumblweed.
Howdy.
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> Is there a way to convert snaBpshots into mountable files using btrfs send?
I am not sure I'm parsing your question.
btrfs send/receive copy read only snapshots between 2 btrfs volumes
If you mean using a non differential btrfs send to a file, and then using
that file to act as if it were a filesystem you can read data from, I don't
believe this is easily possible currently (it's possible, just no tool
exists to do that). You're supposed to send it to btrfs receive, have it
saved on a filesystem, and then use that.
> I'm looking make it easy to copy off btrfs files even if my btrfs system
> is in total fubar mode.
you need to send that btrfs send stream to btrfs receive onto another
filesystem, and use that for restores.
Hope this helps
Marc
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