vss

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Overview

Package vss reads Windows volumes from Volume Shadow Copy snapshots, so a backup sees every file as it was at one instant, after the writers of applications such as databases flushed their data.

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Constants

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Variables

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var (
	// ErrUnsupported is returned by Take where shadow copies can't be
	// taken: off Windows, and on Windows on other than amd64.
	ErrUnsupported = errors.New("shadow copies are not supported here")

	// ErrPrivilege is returned by Take for a process that is not an
	// elevated administrator.
	ErrPrivilege = errors.New("taking a shadow copy needs an elevated administrator")
)

Functions

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Types

type Snapshot 

type Snapshot struct{}

Snapshot is a set of shadow copies taken together.

func Take 

func Take(context.Context, ...string) (*Snapshot, error)

Take returns ErrUnsupported off Windows.

func (*Snapshot) FS 

func (*Snapshot) FS() backup.FS

FS is nil off Windows.

func (*Snapshot) Release 

func (*Snapshot) Release() error

Release does nothing off Windows.

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