SNBK(8) Filesystem Snapshot Management SNBK(8) (NAME) snbk - snapper (SYNOPSIS) snbk [--global-opts] command [command-arguments] snbk {--help} (DESCRIPTION) snbk snapper . btrfs . (CONCEPTS) (Backup Configurations) snapper . snapper snapper-backup-configs(5) . (Snapshot Statuses) . : (empty) . delete . read-only . read-write - . : (empty) . transfer . valid . . invalid . UUID - . . transfer . legacy . transfer . (Visualization) snbk visualize DOT Graphviz . . Graphviz (pipe) . 'root' : # snbk -b root visualize source-tree | dot -T png -o root-source-tree.png virtual valid . (virtual) (subvolume) Btrfs Snapper . (valid) (send parent) Btrfs . Btrfs Btrfs . (GLOBAL OPTIONS) -q, --quiet . . -v, --verbose ( ). --debug . --utc UTC. . --iso ISO. ISO . -t, --table-style style . . --machine-readable format . csv json . --csvout CSV . CSV . RFC 4180[1] LF CR+LF. --jsonout JSON . JSON . --separator character CSV . --no-headers CSV. -b, --backup-config name . --no-dbus DBus. . --target-mode name . --automatic automatic . --version . (COMMANDS) snbk . << (GLOBAL OPTIONS)>> . . . . help . list-configs . list (ls) . transfer [number] . restore [number] . . `snapperd` . delete (remove|rm) [number] . transfer-and-delete transfer delete. visualize [options] mode Graphviz mode . << (Visualization)>> . -r, --rankdir rankdir 'rankdir' Graphviz. 'LR' . source-tree . target-tree . (RESTORE) restore . (mount) rsync . btrfs send receive . btrfs send receive . target-mode local: # mkdir /.snapshots/42 # cp /backups/root/42/info.xml /.snapshots/42/ # btrfs send /backups/root/42/snapshot | btrfs receive /.snapshots/42 target-mode ssh-push: # mkdir /.snapshots/42 # scp backups.example.com:/backups/eberich/root/42/info.xml /.snapshots/42 # ssh backups.example.com btrfs send /backups/eberich/root/42/snapshot | btrfs receive /.snapshots/42 /etc/fstab . root (rollback) . -p btrfs send . (NOTES) . . - . . (PERMISSIONS) target-mode ssh-push (root) . (FILES) /etc/snapper/backup-configs . (EXIT STATUS) 0 . 1 . (HOMEPAGE) http://snapper.io (AUTHORS) Arvin Schnell (SEE ALSO) snapper-backup-configs(5), snapper(8), btrfs-send(8), btrfs-receive(8) rsync(1), sshfs(1) (NOTES) 1. RFC 4180 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 0.13.1 2026-01-16 SNBK(8)