Merge pull request #92 from wesbarnett/feature/deleteold

Delete old snapshots by default, but have option to keep them

bin/snap-sync

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Options:
  -d, --description <desc> snapper description
  -h, --help               print this message
  -n, --noconfirm          do not ask for confirmation
+ -k, --keepold            keep old incremental snapshots instead of deleting them
+                          after backup is performed
  -p, --port <port>        remote port; wsed with '--remote'.
  -q, --quiet              do not send notifications; instead print them.
  -r, --remote <address>   ip address of a remote machine to backup to
@@ -116,6 +118,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             subvolid_cmdline="$2"
             shift 2
         ;;
+        -k|--keepold)
+            keep="yes"
+            shift
+        ;;
         -n|--noconfirm)
             noconfirm="yes"
             shift
@@ -464,8 +470,15 @@ for x in $selected_configs; do
         # location where it can get its data. This helps speed up the transfer.
 
         btrfs send -c "$old_snap" "$new_snap" | $ssh btrfs receive "$backup_location"
-        printf "Modifying data for old local snapshot for '%s' configuration...\n" "$x" | tee $PIPE
-        snapper -v -c "$x" modify -d "old snap-sync snapshot (you may remove)" -u "backupdir=,subvolid=,uuid=" -c "number" "$old_num"
+
+        if [[ $keep == "yes" ]]; then
+            printf "Modifying data for old local snapshot for '%s' configuration...\n" "$x" | tee $PIPE
+            snapper -v -c "$x" modify -d "old snap-sync snapshot (you may remove)" -u "backupdir=,subvolid=,uuid=" -c "number" "$old_num"
+        else
+            printf "Deleting old snapshot for %s...\n" "$x" | tee $PIPE
+            snapper -c "$x" delete "$old_num"
+        fi
+
     fi
 
     if [[ -z $remote ]]; then

man8/snap-sync.8

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ snap-sync \- send incremental btrfs snapshots, keeping track of them with snappe
 [\fB--sudo\fR]
 [\fB-s\fR \fIsubvolid\fR] 
 [\fB-u\fR \fIUUID\fR]
+[\fB-k\fR]
 [\fB-q\fR]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ directory name on first backup.
 .RE
 .PP
 
+\fB\-k, \-\-keepold\fR
+.RS 4
+Keep the most recent local snapshot which is no longer needed.  By default, after a
+backup is performed for a snapper configuration, the previous local snapshot is deleted
+since a new local snapshot is created. It's not necessary to keep all of those
+snapshots, but if you pass this flag, it will be kept.
+.RE
+.PP
+
 \fB\-p, \-\-port\fR \fIport\fR
 .RS 4
 The remote port. Used with \fB--remote\fR.