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Update zfs-snapshot.8 to fix a small inaccuracy in the description of snapshot atomicity #15857

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16 changes: 12 additions & 4 deletions man/man8/zfs-snapshot.8
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.Ar dataset Ns @ Ns Ar snapname Ns …
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
All previous modifications by successful system calls to the file system are
part of the snapshots.
Snapshots are taken atomically, so that all snapshots correspond to the same
moment in time.
Creates a snapshot of a dataset or multiple snapshots of different
datasets.
.Pp
Snapshots are created atomically.
That is, a snapshot is a consistent image of a dataset at a specific
point in time; it includes all modifications to the dataset made by
system calls that have successfully completed before that point in time.
Recursive snapshots created through the
.Fl r
option are all created at the same time.
.Pp
.Nm zfs Cm snap
can be used as an alias for
.Nm zfs Cm snapshot .
.Pp
See the
.Sx Snapshots
section of
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