btrfs send -p /backup/prev-snapshot /backup/home-snapshot | btrfs receive /mnt/backup

Category: Backup & Restore

btrfs send -p /backup/prev-snapshot /backup/home-snapshot | btrfs receive /mnt/backup

Send only the changes since a parent snapshot

The -p (parent) flag makes btrfs send transfer only what changed between prev-snapshot and home-snapshot, so offsite backups stay tiny. The parent snapshot must already exist at the receiving side. Chain snapshots in order for successive incremental sends.
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