ZFS-BOOKMARK(8) System Manager's Manual ZFS-BOOKMARK(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`zfs-bookmark` — create bookmark of ZFS snapshot

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`zfs` `bookmark` `snapshot`|`bookmark` `newbookmark`

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Creates a new bookmark of the given snapshot or bookmark. Bookmarks mark the point in time when the snapshot was created, and can be used as the incremental source for a `zfs` `send`.

When creating a bookmark from an existing redaction bookmark, the resulting bookmark is [*not*](#not) a redaction bookmark.

This feature must be enabled to be used. See [zpool-features(7)](/man/os/zfs/zpool-features.7) for details on ZFS feature flags and the [**bookmarks**](#bookmarks) feature.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

## [Example 1: Creating a bookmark](#Example_1_:_Creating_a_bookmark)

The following example creates a bookmark to a snapshot. This bookmark can then be used instead of a snapshot in send streams.

`# zfs bookmark rpool@snapshot rpool#bookmark`

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[zfs-destroy(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs-destroy.8), [zfs-send(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs-send.8), [zfs-snapshot(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs-snapshot.8)

July 11, 2022 OpenZFS

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Document: zfs-bookmark(8) from zfs 2.4.4-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs