Function backup 

pub(crate) fn backup<S: IndexedIds>(
    repo: &Repository<S>,
    opts: &BackupOptions,
    source: &PathList,
    snap: SnapshotFile,
) -> RusticResult<SnapshotFile>

Backup data, create a snapshot.

Type Parameters

• S - The type of the indexed tree.

Arguments

• repo - The repository to use
• opts - The backup options
• source - The source to backup
• snap - The snapshot with raw information

Errors

• If sending the message to the raw packer fails.
• If converting the data length to u64 fails
• If sending the message to the raw packer fails.
• If the index file could not be serialized.
• If the time is not in the range of Local::now()

Returns

The snapshot pointing to the backup’ed data.