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Topgrade Linux | Chris Titus Tech | Tech Content Creator

Most Linux users only run their package manager and call it a day. That updates your system packages, but it often leaves the rest of your machine in a …

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[DerEineHD]

great work thx chris!

[Duke49th]

Amazing! Works like a charm. This is what I wanted for so long, without knowing it exists ^^
(I made a short script for the pre-command as well to make a snapshot with timeshift with a specific marker but deletes the previous one afterwards - to avoid too many snapshots over time - especialy as I run timeshift scheduled weekly as well).

[Duke49th]

Hope I'm not "spamming" the comment section.

For the timeshift script running as pre-command:

First create the script file:
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/topgrade-timeshift-pre

Content:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

MARKER="topgrade-auto"
COMMENT="$MARKER $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"

echo "Creating Timeshift snapshot..."
sudo timeshift --create --comments "$COMMENT" --tags O --scripted

echo "Removing older Topgrade Timeshift snapshots..."
mapfile -t OLD_SNAPSHOTS < <(
sudo timeshift --list |
awk -v marker="$MARKER" '
$0 ~ marker {
for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
if ($i ~ /^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}_[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$/) {
print $i
}
}
}
' |
sort -r |
tail -n +2
)

for snap in "${OLD_SNAPSHOTS[@]}"; do
echo "Deleting old snapshot: $snap"
sudo timeshift --delete --snapshot "$snap" --yes --scripted
done

Then make it usable (sorry my english):
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/topgrade-timeshift-pre

Then in the topgrade config file under pre-command:
"Timeshift Snapshot" = "/usr/local/bin/topgrade-timeshift-pre"

Hope that helps.