From 121bf416f15d85d63db39032b8b9b754a22c3d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Torres <erictorres4@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:01:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make use of Repository.symlink_snapshot()

---
 bin/backup | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/backup b/bin/backup
index ff7dac4..dc84367 100644
--- a/bin/backup
+++ b/bin/backup
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 """
+.. moduleauthor:: Eric Torres
+
 Run a backup, creating a snapshot in the process.
 
 Command-Line Arguments
 ======================
+
 * -c, --use-checksums   use rsync's checksum feature to detect file changes
 * -d, --dry-run         make this backup a dry run
 * --debug               show debug messages
@@ -151,16 +154,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             syslog.critical(f"Failing command: {e.cmd}")
             exit(E_FAILED_PROCESS)
 
-    snapshot_symlink = repo.path / "current"
-
-    try:
-        snapshot_symlink.unlink()
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-    except PermissionError as e:
-        syslog.error(e)
-
-    snapshot_symlink.symlink_to(curr_snapshot, target_is_directory=True)
+    repo.symlink_snapshot(curr_snapshot)
 
     if args.run_post_sync:
         syslog.info("Running sync operation")