From c83d0fcff25bd492fdf418b8d68051497a972381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edwin Eefting Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 20:59:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] explain inheritance --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index de1cc57..2130f85 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ rpool/swap autobackup:offsite1 true ... ``` +ZFS properties are ```inherited``` by child datasets. Since we've set the property on the highest dataset, we're essentially backupping the whole pool. + Because we don't want to backup everything, we can exclude certain filesystem by setting the property to false: ```console