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# 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.