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+# The location of the snapper command
+snapper = /usr/bin/snapper
+
+# The path to the btrfsmaintenance configuration file
+bm_config = /etc/default/btrfsmaintenance
+
+# The absolute path of the script to run for btrfs maintenance to reload the config file
+bm_refresh_script = "/usr/share/btrfsmaintenance/btrfsmaintenance-refresh-cron.sh"
+
+# In this section you can manually specify the mapping between a subvol and it's snapshot directory.
+# This should only be needed if you aren't using the default nested subvols used by snapper.
+#
+# The format is <name> = "<snashot subvol>,<source subvol>,<UUID>"
+# All should be paths relative the root of the btrfs volume and the UUID is the UUID of the filesystem
+# For example, a line might look like this:
+# root = "@snapshots,@,48bee883-0eef-4332-9bc5-65f01295e470"
+[Subvol-Mapping]