apfs-snap(8)

apfs-snap8

Take an snapshot of an apfs filesystem

Usage

apfs-snap mountpoint name

Overview

apfs-snap is an experimental tool that takes a snapshot of the APFS filesystem mounted on the given mountpoint. The label for the new snapshot must be specified in name.

Options

-v

Print the version number of apfs-snap and exit.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Reporting bugs

Please report bugs via email or, if preferred, file a github issue at https://github.com/eafer/apfsprogs/issues.

Author

Written by Ernesto A. Fernández <[email protected]>.

From apfsprogs 0.2.1-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.