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rusnapshot — BTRFS snapshotting utility written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/Edu4rdSHL/rusnapsh

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Problem

How to use the rusnapshot command: BTRFS snapshotting utility written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/Edu4rdSHL/rusnapshot>.

Solution

rusnapshot — BTRFS snapshotting utility written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/Edu4rdSHL/rusnapshot>.

Create a snapshot using a configuration file:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --cr

List created snapshots:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} {{[-l|--list]}}

Delete a snapshot by ID or the name of the snapshot:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --del --id {{snapshot_id}}

Delete all hourly snapshots:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} {{[-l|--list]}} {{[-k|--keep]}} {{0}} --clean --kind {{hourly}}

Create a read-write snapshot:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --cr {{[-r|--rw]}}

Restore a snapshot:

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --id {{snapshot_id}} {{[-r|--restore]}}

Code Snippets

Create a snapshot using a configuration file

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --cr

List created snapshots

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} {{[-l|--list]}}

Delete a snapshot by ID or the name of the snapshot

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --del --id {{snapshot_id}}

Delete all `hourly` snapshots

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} {{[-l|--list]}} {{[-k|--keep]}} {{0}} --clean --kind {{hourly}}

Create a read-write snapshot

sudo rusnapshot {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config.toml}} --cr {{[-r|--rw]}}

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