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snp: Wrap shell command in BTRFS snapper pre-post snapshots and log outputs.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Runs a command wrapped in btrfs snapper pre-post snapshots. | |
# Usage: $ snp <commands> | |
# e.g.: $ snp pacman -Syyu | |
log_path="/var/local/log/snp" | |
date=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S") | |
log_file="${log_path}/snp_${date}.log" | |
! [ -d $log_path ] && mkdir -p $log_path | |
# Log stdout and stderr. Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3173131/redirect-copy-of-stdout-to-log-file-from-within-bash-script-itself | |
exec > >(tee -a "$log_file") | |
exec 2> >(tee -a "$log_file" >&2) | |
cmd="$@" | |
echo "> Logging to: ${log_file}" | |
snapshot_nbr=$(snapper create --type=pre --cleanup-algorithm=number --print-number --description="${cmd}") | |
echo "> New pre snapshot with number ${snapshot_nbr}." | |
echo -e "> Running command \"${cmd}\".\n" | |
eval "$cmd" | |
snapshot_nbr=$(snapper create --type=post --cleanup-algorithm=number --print-number --pre-number="$snapshot_nbr") | |
echo -e "\n> New post snapshot with number ${snapshot_nbr}." | |
# Snapper has a --command option nowadays. But it works worse, the output from the command is not printed separately from the snaptshot number, just becomes a mess. | |
#echo "> Running command \"${cmd}\"." | |
#snapshot_nbr=$(snapper create --command "${cmd}" --print-number --cleanup-algorithm=number --description="${cmd}" | tail -1) | |
#echo -e "\n> New pre-post snapshot with numbers ${snapshot_nbr}." |
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