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authorKyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>2020-10-18 23:42:00 +0000
committerKyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>2020-10-18 23:42:00 +0000
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libbe(3): document be_snapshot()
While toying around with lua bindings for libbe(3), I discovered that I apparently never documented this, despite having documented be_is_auto_snapshot_name that references it. MFC after: 1 week
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=366820
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diff --git a/lib/libbe/libbe.3 b/lib/libbe/libbe.3
index 2ace6b361e69e..2989aa9daa5c2 100644
--- a/lib/libbe/libbe.3
+++ b/lib/libbe/libbe.3
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
.Ft const char * Ns
.Fn be_root_path "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
.Pp
+.Ft int Ns
+.Fn be_snapshot "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "const char *snap_name" "bool recursive" "char *result"
+.Pp
.Ft bool Ns
.Fn be_is_auto_snapshot_name "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *snap"
.Pp
@@ -220,6 +223,30 @@ The
function returns the boot environment root path.
.Pp
The
+.Fn be_snapshot
+function creates a snapshot of
+.Fa be_name
+named
+.Fa snap_name .
+A
+.Dv NULL
+.Fa snap_name
+may be used, indicating that
+.Fn be_snaphot
+should derive the snapshot name from the current date and time.
+If
+.Fa recursive
+is set, then
+.Fn be_snapshot
+will recursively snapshot the dataset.
+If
+.Fa result
+is not
+.Dv NULL ,
+then it will be populated with the final
+.Dq Fa be_name Ns @ Ns Fa snap_name .
+.Pp
+The
.Fn be_is_auto_snapshot_name
function is used to determine if the given snapshot name matches the format that
the