I am not sure though but it should be something like this... sudo timeshift --create --comments "new backup" --tags D --snapshot-device /dev/sda1
(/dev/sda1 is an example of your target device location)
on the config file (location and contents) mildly frustrating (but not totally surprising or disconcerting as it is FOSS and I know the deal and am overridingly grateful just for its existence and reliability).
But the most interesting thing, and real reason I drop comment here is that the config file lacks any evidence of snapshot-device having only backup_device_uuid (which I might infer - though would prefer to see documented - is the device that is being backed up not the device being backed up to - the source, not the destination). And I might guess further that adding snapshot-device to the config file might work, but would remain curious if we can't specify a target folder (rather than device).
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with CLI, how do you specify the target device?
I am not sure though but it should be something like this...
sudo timeshift --create --comments "new backup" --tags D --snapshot-device /dev/sda1
(
/dev/sda1
is an example of your target device location)Otherwise, you can edit the config file in /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json to change the default target.
Curiously I installed timeshift on an Ubuntu server:
sudo apt install timeshift
and I find two config file candidates:
with puzzling dates no less. And the contents are far from clear or well documented anywhere:
albeit identical in the two files. I find the dearth of documentation here:
github.com/teejee2008/timeshift
on the config file (location and contents) mildly frustrating (but not totally surprising or disconcerting as it is FOSS and I know the deal and am overridingly grateful just for its existence and reliability).
But the most interesting thing, and real reason I drop comment here is that the config file lacks any evidence of
snapshot-device
having onlybackup_device_uuid
(which I might infer - though would prefer to see documented - is the device that is being backed up not the device being backed up to - the source, not the destination). And I might guess further that addingsnapshot-device
to the config file might work, but would remain curious if we can't specify a target folder (rather than device).