diff --git a/extra/root.conf.example b/extra/root.conf.example
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--- a/extra/root.conf.example
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# snap-pac example configuration file for a snapper config named "root"
-# See snap-pac(8) for details
-
-SNAPSHOT="yes"
-CLEANUP_ALGORITHM="number"
-#PRE_DESCRIPTION="pacman pre snapshot"
-#POST_DESCRIPTION="pacman post snapshot"
diff --git a/extra/snap-pac.conf.example b/extra/snap-pac.conf.example
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index 14764c2..0000000
--- a/extra/snap-pac.conf.example
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# snap-pac example configuration file
-# See snap-pac(8) for details
-
-ABORT_ON_FAIL="no"
-DESC_LIMIT="72"
diff --git a/extra/snap-pac.ini b/extra/snap-pac.ini
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index 0000000..4d3260e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/snap-pac.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# snap-pac example configuration file
+# See snap-pac(8) for details
+
+[root]
+abort_on_fail = False
+desc_limit = 72
+snapshot = True
+cleanup_algorithm = number
+#pre_description = "pacman pre snapshot"
+#post_description = "pacman post snapshot"
diff --git a/scripts/snap-pac.py b/scripts/snap-pac.py
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index 0000000..7f35da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/snap-pac.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Copyright (C) 2021 Wes Barnett
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+"""
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+import os
+
+
+def create_snapper_cmd(args, config):
+    chroot = os.stat("/") != os.stat("/proc/1/root/.")
+    snapper_cmd = ["snapper"]
+    if chroot:
+        snapper_cmd.append("--no-dbus")
+    snapper_cmd.append("--config")
+    snapper_cmd.append(c)
+    snapper_cmd.append("create")
+    snapper_cmd.append("--type")
+    snapper_cmd.append(args.preorpost)
+    snapper_cmd.append("--cleanup-algorithm")
+    snapper_cmd.append(config.get(x, "cleanup_algorithm"))
+    snapper_cmd.append("--print-number")
+    snapper_cmd.append("--description")
+    desc_limit = config.getint(x, "desc_limit")
+    if args.preorpost == "pre":
+        snapper_cmd.append(config.get(x, "pre_description")[:desc_limit])
+    else:
+        snapper_cmd.append(config.get(x, "post_description")[:desc_limit])
+    return snapper_cmd
+
+
+def do_snapshot(preorpost, cmd, prefile):
+    if preorpost == "pre":
+        return do_pre_snapshot(cmd, prefile)
+    else:
+        return do_post_snapshot(cmd, prefile)
+
+
+def do_pre_snapshot(cmd, prefile):
+    """Run snapper command, write snapshot number to file."""
+    num = os.popen(" ".join(cmd)).read().rstrip("\n")
+    with open(prefile, "w") as f:
+        f.write(num)
+    return num
+
+
+def do_post_snapshot(cmd, prefile):
+    """Read pre snapshot number from file, run snapper, delete prefile."""
+    cmd.append("--pre-number")
+    with open(prefile, "r") as f:
+        cmd.append(f.read().rstrip("\n"))
+    num = os.popen(" ".join(cmd)).read().rstrip("\n")
+    os.remove(prefile)
+    return num
+
+
+def get_snapper_configs(conf_file):
+    """Get the snapper configurations."""
+    with open(conf_file, "r") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            if line.startswith("SNAPPER_CONFIGS"):
+                line = line.rstrip("\n").rstrip("\"")
+                line = line.split("=")
+                line = line[1].lstrip("\"")
+                return line.split()
+
+
+def setup_config_parser(ini_file):
+    """Set up defaults for snap-pac configuration."""
+    parent_cmd = os.popen(f"ps -p {os.getppid()} -o args=").read().strip()
+
+    config = ConfigParser()
+    config["DEFAULT"] = {
+        "snapshot": False,
+        "cleanup_algorithm": "number",
+        "pre_description": "".join(["\"", parent_cmd, "\""]),
+        "post_description": "TODO",
+        "desc_limit": 72
+    }
+    config["root"] = {
+        "snapshot": True
+    }
+    config.read(ini_file)
+    return config
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    snap_pac_ini = "/etc/snap-pac.ini"
+    snapper_conf_file = "/etc/conf.d/snapper"
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(dest="preorpost")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    config = setup_config_parser(snap_pac_ini)
+    snapper_configs = get_snapper_configs(snapper_conf_file)
+
+    for c in snapper_configs:
+
+        if c in config:
+            x = c
+        else:
+            x = "DEFAULT"
+
+        if config.getboolean(x, "snapshot"):
+            prefile = f"/tmp/snap-pac-pre_{c}"
+            snapper_cmd = create_snapper_cmd(args, config)
+            num = do_snapshot(args.preorpost, snapper_cmd, prefile)
+            print(f"==> {c}: {num}")