How to run Timeshift from command line

kernel_kate

I'm struggling a bit with running Timeshift from command line. My disk structure look like this: sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 1G 0 part /run/timeshift/backup └─sda3 8:3 0 1.8T 0 part └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 253:0 0 100G 0 lvm / sdb 8:16 0 232.9G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 232.9G 0 part /run/timeshift/backup So, I would like to create a backup on the sdb1 disk, using: sudo timeshift --create --comments "Test"...

Originally asked by Tom Widerøe on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You should provide the snapshot-device like you did when you created the snapshot. It comes like this: timeshift --list --snapshot-device /dev/sdb1

Full answer by Hartmut: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1398136 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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