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man: describe zfs-rewrite method and properties

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We've heard anecdotes that suggest some
confusion/surprise/disappointment that a changed recordsize is not
applied during rewrite. Until such time as we actually can do that, we
can at least explicitly mention it at something that doesn't work.

Sponsored-by: Klara, Inc.
Sponsored-by: Wasabi Technology, Inc.
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Motin <alexander.motin@TrueNAS.com>
Reviewed-by: Allan Jude <allan@klarasystems.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Norris <rob.norris@klarasystems.com>
Closes #17898
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.\" CDDL HEADER END
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2025 iXsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 2025, Klara, Inc.
.\"
.Dd July 23, 2025
.Dd November 5, 2025
.Dt ZFS-REWRITE 8
.Os
.
@ -39,9 +40,10 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Rewrite blocks of specified
.Ar file
as is without modification at a new location and possibly with new
properties, such as checksum, compression, dedup, copies, etc,
as is without modification at a new location and possibly with new properties,
as if they were atomically read and written back.
.No See Sx NOTES .
for more information about property changes that may be applied during rewrite.
.Bl -tag -width "-r"
.It Fl P
Perform physical rewrite, preserving logical birth time of blocks.
@ -64,6 +66,20 @@ Print names of all successfully rewritten files.
Don't cross file system mount points when recursing.
.El
.Sh NOTES
Rewrite works by replacing an existing block with a new block of the same
logical size.
Changed dataset properties that operate on the data or metadata without
changing the logical size will be applied.
These include
.Sy checksum ,
.Sy compression ,
.Sy dedup
and
.Sy copies .
Changes to properties that affect the size of a logical block, like
.Sy recordsize ,
will have no effect.
.Pp
Rewrite of cloned blocks and blocks that are part of any snapshots,
same as some property changes may increase pool space usage.
Holes that were never written or were previously zero-compressed are