Re: [gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs)

2014-09-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:22:15 +0300, Thanasis wrote: > > I use a home-brewed script to make time based snapshots, called from > > cron - a little like zfs-auto-snapshot. I set a limit on the number of > > each type of snapshot so the script generally creates one snapshot and > > deletes one snapsho

Re: [gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs)

2014-09-25 Thread Thanasis
on 09/25/2014 12:11 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: I use a home-brewed script to make time based snapshots, called from cron - a little like zfs-auto-snapshot. I set a limit on the number of each type of snapshot so the script generally creates one snapshot and deletes one snapshot for ea

Re: [gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs)

2014-09-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:37:52 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > I use snapper from portage. Snapper itself works just fine. I've > found that trying to integrate it into portage (before/after snapshots > on every emerge) is just way too much overhead (it goes fast, but you > end up with a bazillion sn

Re: [gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs)

2014-09-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:07 AM, James wrote: > > Anyone used "snapper" for btrfs management? > If os, do you like "snapper" for btrfs management? > > If so, did you use the portage "snapper" or an overlay? > I use snapper from portage. Snapper itself works just fine. I've found that trying to

[gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs)

2014-09-24 Thread James
Hello, At the bottom of this link: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/767683-how-to-create-and-manage-btrfs-snapshots-and-rollbacks-on-linux-part-2 It says: " Snapper is a fabulous graphical Btrfs manager. There are packages for other RPM distros and some Debian and Xubuntu packages " In por