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btrbk — Create snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes. More information: <https://digint.ch/btrbk/

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Problem

How to use the btrbk command: Create snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes. More information: <https://digint.ch/btrbk/doc/readme.html>.

Solution

btrbk — Create snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes. More information: <https://digint.ch/btrbk/doc/readme.html>.

Print statistics about configured subvolumes and snapshots:

sudo btrbk stats

List configured subvolumes and snapshots:

sudo btrbk list

Print what would happen in a run without making the displayed changes:

sudo btrbk {{[-v|--verbose]}} dryrun

Run backup routines verbosely, show progress bar:

sudo btrbk --progress {{[-v|--verbose]}} run

Only create snapshots for configured subvolumes:

sudo btrbk snapshot

Code Snippets

Print statistics about configured subvolumes and snapshots

sudo btrbk stats

List configured subvolumes and snapshots

sudo btrbk list

Print what would happen in a run without making the displayed changes

sudo btrbk {{[-v|--verbose]}} dryrun

Run backup routines verbosely, show progress bar

sudo btrbk --progress {{[-v|--verbose]}} run

Only create snapshots for configured subvolumes

sudo btrbk snapshot

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