# Stay in one filesystem

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306 "2021-03-07T19:44:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![flomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@flomp](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/flomp)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306/1 "2021-03-07T19:44:19Z")

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Hi,  
GNU `tar` has the option `--one-file-system` which means that it won’t descent into mounted filesystems. I could not find a similar option in kopia. Is something like this planned? It would be very useful to me.

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**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306/2 "2021-03-07T19:59:15Z")

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It’s already supported in the latest builds, will be out in 0.8 soon.

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**Author:** ![darkskiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/darkskiez/32/560_2.png) [@darkskiez](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/darkskiez)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306/3 "2022-12-31T23:21:47Z")

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What is the flag called/what contexts can it be used?  
I don’t see anything relevant in snapshot create.

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**Author:** ![Ember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@Ember](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306/4 "2023-01-01T10:04:17Z")

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in kopiaUI it is this option in policy settings

 ![Screenshot from 2023-01-01 20-46-48-obfuscated](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/1X/15c96f5dd5aaf11a8467f52bc831dee3b7f60ebd.png)

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**Author:** ![darkskiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/darkskiez/32/560_2.png) [@darkskiez](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/darkskiez)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/stay-in-one-filesystem/306/5 "2023-01-01T14:57:07Z")

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Thanks, I hadn’t installed the GUI and was having trouble finding a flag.