From fe75b336be928c1014b557f5d5802502b64bdc2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Burri Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:58:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: add section for manually renamed snapshots --- doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc index 6c5a56d..d58f89d 100644 --- a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc +++ b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ minute of the creation time (local time of the host running btrbk). If multiple snapshots/backups are created on the same date/time, N will be incremented on each snapshot, starting at 1. +If a snapshot or backup does not match the naming scheme above +(i.e. if it has been renamed manually), btrbk will leave it untouched. + Note that 'snapshot' is a btrfs terminology for a ``read-only subvolume'' (showing a parent-uuid, see btrfs-subvolume(8)); 'backup' is a btrbk terminology for a ``read-only subvolume created with