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Date:      Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:42:00 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r366820 - head/lib/libbe
Message-ID:  <202010182342.09INg0CX007800@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: kevans
Date: Sun Oct 18 23:42:00 2020
New Revision: 366820
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366820

Log:
  libbe(3): document be_snapshot()
  
  While toying around with lua bindings for libbe(3), I discovered that I
  apparently never documented this, despite having documented
  be_is_auto_snapshot_name that references it.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libbe/libbe.3

Modified: head/lib/libbe/libbe.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libbe/libbe.3	Sun Oct 18 23:32:47 2020	(r366819)
+++ head/lib/libbe/libbe.3	Sun Oct 18 23:42:00 2020	(r366820)
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 .Ft const char * Ns
 .Fn be_root_path "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
 .Pp
+.Ft int Ns
+.Fn be_snapshot "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "const char *snap_name" "bool recursive" "char *result"
+.Pp
 .Ft bool Ns
 .Fn be_is_auto_snapshot_name "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *snap"
 .Pp
@@ -218,6 +221,30 @@ active on reboot.
 The
 .Fn be_root_path
 function returns the boot environment root path.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn be_snapshot
+function creates a snapshot of
+.Fa be_name
+named
+.Fa snap_name .
+A
+.Dv NULL
+.Fa snap_name
+may be used, indicating that
+.Fn be_snaphot
+should derive the snapshot name from the current date and time.
+If
+.Fa recursive
+is set, then
+.Fn be_snapshot
+will recursively snapshot the dataset.
+If
+.Fa result
+is not
+.Dv NULL ,
+then it will be populated with the final
+.Dq Fa be_name Ns @ Ns Fa snap_name .
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn be_is_auto_snapshot_name



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