From c38a46b2ba6bb186eaf1d4b9be389d3409467efd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Barnett Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:20:46 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8d044bb..2e958fb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ # snap-pac -These are used for Arch Linux's pacman, so that [snapper](http://snapper.io) -automatically takes a pre and post snapshot before and after pacman -transactions, similar to how YaST does with OpenSuse. +This makes Arch Linux's pacman use +[snapper](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snapper) to automatically takes a +pre and post snapshot before and after pacman transactions, similar to how YaST +does with OpenSuse. -*Note:* The scripts only take snapshots of the subvolume mounted at "/"; other +*Note:* The scripts only take snapshots of the subvolume mounted at '/'; other subvolumes are not included. You must modify the scripts to include other subvolumes. The scripts are set up to use the `number` algorithm. That is, snapper will -cleanup snapshots tagged with `number` after reaching a set threshold in the -configuration file. +periodically clean up snapshots tagged with `number` after reaching a set +threshold in the configuration file. See `man alpm-hooks` and `man snapper` for more information.