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		heavyset_go on Oct 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux NILFS file system: automatic continuous snap... You can turn off CoW, checksumming, compression, etc at the file and directory levels using btrfs.

Arnavion on Oct 11, 2022 [–]

Indeed. You can also make a directory into a subvolume so that that directory is not included in snapshots of the parent volume.

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