Finding the Snapshot copy you need from an NFS client

The best way to find all versions of a particular file preserved in Snapshot copies is to use the ls command from an NFS client.

Step

To find all the versions of a particular file in the Snapshot copies, enter the following command: ls -l filename .snapshot/*/file_name
A list is displayed of all versions of the requested file.

NFS client example:

ls -l myfile.txt .snapshot/*/myfile.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 smith 0 Jan 14 09:40 myfile.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 smith 0 Jan 13 18:39 .snapshot/nightly.0/myfile.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 smith 0 Jan 12 19:17 .snapshot/nightly.1/myfile.txt

The version of myfile.txt in the active file system was last modified on January 14, but the old versions available in the Snapshot copies were modified on January 13 and January 12. Although the user can use standard UNIX commands to read the saved versions of myfile.txt, they cannot modify or delete these older versions because everything in the .snapshot directory is read-only.

Parent topic: Why you need to access a particular Snapshot copy