Dependencies

btrfs-progs
sqlite >= 3

Installation

Install Rust.
Clone the repo.
Run cargo build --release
cp target/release/rusnapshot /usr/bin/

Usage

Create a snapshot using a config file:

sudo rusnapshot --config {{path/to/config.toml}} --create

List created snapshots:

sudo rusnapshot -c {{path/to/config.toml}} --list

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

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

Delete all hourly snapshots:

sudo rusnapshot -c {{path/to/config.toml}} --list --keep {{0}} --clean --kind {{hourly}}

Create a read-write snapshot:

sudo rusnapshot -c {{path/to/config.toml}} --create --rw

Restore a snapshot:

sudo rusnapshot --id {{snapshot_id}} --restore

Notes

You can use system variables to work with rusnapshot, the variables needs to be set with the RUSNAPSHOT_ prefix followed by oned of the strings avilable in the config example, for example RUSNAPSHOT_DATABASE_FILE=/path/to/database.sqlite
The --kind option can have any value and allow you to have different "kinds" of snapshots for the same directory, see the services/timers examples for more info.
The --prefix option is used to declare the first part of the snapshot name.