NAME

       casper-snapshot - a simple script to ease persistence usage.

SYNOPSIS

       casper-snapshot  [-c|--cow  DIRECTORY]  [-d|--device  DEVICE] [-e|--exclude-list FILE] [-o|--output FILE]
       [-t|--type TYPE]

       casper-snapshot -r|--resync-string STRING
       casper-snapshot -h|--help
       casper-snapshot -u|--usage
       casper-snapshot -v|--version

DESCRIPTION

       Casper-snapshot is a script which can be used  to  build  the  right  types  of  persistent  image  files
       supported by casper. It is also used on exit by the casper init script to resync the boot-found snapshots
       devices.

OPTIONS

       -c, --cow DIRECTORY
              specifies the input directory to be cloned in the image file.  Its default value "/cow" should  be
              right  for  most  uses. However it could be handy to specify "/home" and type ext2 for the type to
              prepare an image file suited to be directly mounted by casper as home.

       -d, --device DEVICE
              sets the device where the media which the snapshot/persistence file/partition will be put.  If  it
              is  not  specified,  a  tmpfs will be used and linked to the user's desktop to move it where it is
              needed. If the device has no filesystem, an ext2 fs will be  automatically  created  and  labelled
              according to the values specified after the "--output" value or with a sane default.

       -e, --exclude-list FILE
              a  file  containing  a list of filenames/paths that should not be saved. This exclude list will be
              remebered on the target snapshot media for reuse.

       -o, --output FILE
              the filename/label used for the output file/partition. If left blank, casper-snapshot will  search
              for a proper file on the device or use the whole partition.

       -r, --resync-string STRING
              internally used on resyncs.

       -t, --type TYPE
              Type could be one of "cpio", "squashfs" or "ext2".

BUGS

       casper-snapshot Time (and BTS) will tell.

HOMEPAGE

       Debian Live project <http://live.debian.net/>

SEE ALSO

       casper(7)

AUTHOR

       casper-snapshot was written Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com>,
              for the Debian project (but may be used by others).