ButterScotch btrfs backup utilities

Tools that ease the use of BTRFS backups

Usage

The below flags tell btrfs how to generate and manage your snapshots.

Usage:
   ./butterscotch -p /:/home -c -w
   ./butterscotch -a -r -d 5

 -h    This help message.
 -a    Backs up all btrfs compatible partitions.                   Default:           off
 -p    Partitions to snapshot, seperated by colons. Mandatory.     Default:          none
 -d    Max number of snapshots to leave in trail, total.           Default:             6
 -r    If there is a previous snapshot taken on the same           Default:           off
       day, should we remove it and resnap?
 -c    Immediately commit deletions.                               Default:           off
 -w    Mark read-only                                              Default:           off
 -L    Snapshot locations (relative to btrfs mountpoint)           Default:  /.snapshots/

It is also recommended to add this to a crontab so it runs automatically, an example would be:

0 11,18 * * * /usr/local/bin/btrfs-snaptime -p /:/home -d 8 -r -c -w

This would tell butterscotch to run at 11am and 6pm every day. It would overwrite the first snapshot if rerun, on but this is to assure getting a backup every day.

License

Apache License 2.0

Author

Marshall Whittaker (oxagast)