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so, if I use a subvolume (not as a snapshot, but as something I can modify) I can't use send/receive on it? it seems a little weird. I'd assume I should be ab

so, if I use a subvolume (not as a snapshot, but as something I can modify) I can't use send/receive on it? it seems a little weird. I'd assume I should be able to send modifications to the remote end (and my argument is, if one can send modifications, one should be able to send modifications that effectively delete all content). I temper this argument that even if true, perhaps subvolumes marked as snapshots one cannot do this to.

ephbit 4y ago
AFAIK only read only snapshots can be sent and received. It kind of makes sense, since a writable snapshot could be written to during the send/receive so that the remote result would not match any clearly defined local state. A received ro snapshot can be used as a base for a new writable snapshot.