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+"""
+btrfs-snap.py: source target newname
+
+creates a exactly named snapshots and bails out if they exist
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import fcntl
+import os
+import sys
+
+import cffi
+
+ffi = cffi.FFI()
+
+ffi.cdef("""
+    #define BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE_V2 ...
+    struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2 {
+        int64_t fd;
+        char name[];
+        ...;
+    };
+""")
+
+ffi.set_source("_btrfs_cffi", "#include <btrfs/ioctl.h>")
+ffi.compile()
+
+# ____________________________________________________________
+
+
+from _btrfs_cffi import ffi, lib
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=__doc__.strip())
+parser.add_argument('source', help='source subvolume')
+parser.add_argument('target', help='target directory')
+parser.add_argument('newname', help='name of the new snapshot')
+opts = parser.parse_args()
+
+source = os.open(opts.source, os.O_DIRECTORY)
+target = os.open(opts.target, os.O_DIRECTORY)
+
+
+args = ffi.new('struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2 *')
+args.name = opts.newname
+args.fd = source
+args_buffer = ffi.buffer(args)
+try:
+    fcntl.ioctl(target, lib.BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE_V2, args_buffer)
+except IOError as e:
+    print e
+    sys.exit(1)
+