samin

Just a simple snapshot utility for btrfs

Requirements

btrfsutil
pytz
tzlocal
psutil

Installation

Arch Linux

This program is available on AUR, you can install this program using an AUR helper for example how to install this program using paru:

paru -S samin

Also check out samin-pacman-hook also avaible on AUR to automatically take a snapshot after running pacman.

Manual

pip install .

Usage

btrfs snapshot manager

positional arguments:
  {create-config,delete-config,take-snapshot,delete-snapshot,rollback,list-snapshots}
    create-config       Create a config
    delete-config       Delete a config
    take-snapshot       Take a snapshot
    delete-snapshot     Delete a snapshot
    rollback            Rollback to snapshot
    list-snapshots      List snapshots

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s SUBVOLUME, --subvolume SUBVOLUME
                        Specify subvolume
  -b DEVICE, --device DEVICE
                        Specify subvolume
  -d, --debug           Enable debugging
  -u, --utc             Show time in UTC instead of local time

Example

Create a config for a subvolume

# python -m samin --subvolume @home --device /dev/sda1 create-config
Creating config

Take a snapshot

# python -m samin --subvolume @ --device /dev/sda1 take-snapshot
taking snapshot

Delete a snapshot

# python -m samin --subvolume @ --device /dev/sda1 delete-snapshot 1

You can also specify multiple snapshots to delete-snapshot

# python -m samin --subvolume @ --device /dev/sda1 delete-snapshot 1-9

# python -m samin --subvolume @ --device /dev/sda1 delete-snapshot 2,4,6,8

Rollback to a snapshot

# python -m samin --subvolume @ --device /dev/sda1 rollback 1