[PROBLEM] BTRFS snapshots. Exclude paths

[mk01]

@xbfgf

it is as you proposed. in that way btrfs is like zfs. so snapshot operation starts and ends with sub-volume (as target for snapshot operations).

so create new subvolume and change temporarily // to "root home". or just root. it is up you (btrfs-auto-snapshots will take to consideration all listed filesystem - the names needs to be as last parameters).

I will put --exclude parameter to btrfs-auto-snapshot and update the cronntabs to run

Code:

btrfs-auto-snapshot -l daily -k $KEEPDAYS -v --exclude="$EXCLUDESUB" //

where EXCLUDESUB is new parameter in

/etc/default/xbian-snap:

Code:

# exclude those subvolumes by default for btrfs-auto-snapshot operations (put a list of names separated by spaces)
EXCLUDESUB=""

it was always considered as planned feature specially because XBian on its own provides "downloader" package. so once we test & deploy this general changes, downloader package should be updated to create new subvolume and use it as target for the DL programs.

I remember that you are not very first refreshing this problem - but until now all the other users probably migrated to USB HDD installs anyhow (to big disks so they postponed this discussion for few months ).
but sure it needs to be an implemented option. I will ask you bit later for testing the new btrfs-auto-snapshot ...