[linux-lvm] Feature Request (revert a logical volume back to its snapshot sta te)

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:03:50PM -0500, Joe Harvell wrote:
> Recently, though I found myself wanting to use a snapshot logical volume 
> to preserve the state of a filesystem while I experimented with 
> changes.  When I needed to revert, I had to copy the contents from the 
> snashot logical volume, destroy the snapshot and snapshot source, and 
> then replace the snapshot source with the copy I made of the snapshot.
 
How about performing your tests on the snapshot device instead of the 
original?

Alasdair
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