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		MantisShrimp90 on March 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Working with Systemd Timers It took a minute to setup, but using a combination of rsync and timers to backup system files has done wonders to decrease my anxiety around upgrades on arch

bhaney on March 14, 2025 [–]

Using a modern CoW filesystem lets you level this up to just a snapshot command in a pacman pre-upgrade hook.

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