lsm_fs_ss_restore(3)

💖 lsm_fs_ss_restore — the Libstoragemgmt C API Manual's iconic little time-machine function 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about lsm_fs_ss_restore(3) — the Libstoragemgmt function that literally rewinds your file system back to a previous moment. yes, it's giving undo button but make it enterprise storage. it's a C function, it's a 3 manpage, and it eats snapshots for breakfast. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

lsm_fs_ss_restore — restores a file system snapshot. no cap, that's the whole gig. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int lsm_fs_ss_restore (lsm_connect *conn, lsm_fs *fs, lsm_fs_ss *ss,
       lsm_string_list *files, lsm_string_list *restore_files, int all_files,
       char **job, lsm_flag flags);

seven arguments. seven. she's high maintenance but she delivers. 💅

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• conn — a valid connection. like, actually valid. don't be weird about it.
• fs — pointer to the lsm_fs that contains the snapshot. your file system, your problem, your queen 👑
• ss — pointer to the lsm_fs_ss you want to restore to. this is the moment in time we're yeeting ourselves back to.
• files — pointer to a lsm_string_list. if it's defined, only the files you specified get restored. if it's NULL and all_files is set to 1, then we restore all the files. that's the deal.
• restore_files — pointer to a lsm_string_list. if it's defined, the restored files get renamed to the file paths and names you list here. glow-up via rename ✨
• all_files — an int. 0 means only restore the defined files, 1 means restore all the files. binary queen, no in-between.
• job — output pointer of string. if the storage system supports asynchronous action on this, a job gets created and you can track it via lsm_job_status_get. if the storage system doesn't support asynchronous action on this, it's NULL. lowkey sad but we move. 🙈
• flags — reserved for future use, and it must be LSM_CLIENT_FLAG_RSVD. do not freestyle this one. fr fr.

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🎀 VERSION 🎀

1.0

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Restores a file system or files to a previous state as specified in the snapshot.

that's it. that's the dream. time travel but the storage team signed off on it. 💫

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🔥 CAPABILITY 🔥

LSM_CAP_FS_SNAPSHOT_RESTORE LSM_CAP_FS_SNAPSHOT_RESTORE_SPECIFIC_FILES

two capabilities, both iconic, both required for the full experience. if your system is missing these, it's simply not that girl.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

it hands you back an error code as enumerated by lsm_error_number, and here's the whole guest list:

• LSM_ERR_OK — on success. slay. 🎉
• LSM_ERR_JOB_STARTED — a job is started. please check the job output pointer, bestie, it's right there.
• LSM_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT — when any argument is NULL or not a valid lsm_connect pointer, or the flags are invalid. basically: you did the most, and not in a good way. 💀
• LSM_ERR_NOT_FOUND_FS — when the file system is not found. she's not here. she left no forwarding address.
• LSM_ERR_NOT_FOUND_FS_SS — when the file system snapshot is not found. no snapshot, no rewind, no vibes. 😭
• LSM_ERR_NO_SUPPORT — not supported. the storage system said "not my era." 🫶

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heads up bestie: that flags argument really does have to be LSM_CLIENT_FLAG_RSVD. it's reserved for future use, so don't go inventing values, okay? and if you get LSM_ERR_JOB_STARTED, actually go look at the job pointer — the work is happening asynchronously and you gotta track it with lsm_job_status_get. main character energy requires follow-through. 💖

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that's the whole page, and honestly? she ate. this was lsm_fs_ss_restore from the Libstoragemgmt C API Manual, version 1.0, dated February 2026 — and it lives at section 3 as lsm_fs_ss_restore(3). mwah. bye bestie, go restore something responsibly. 🌈💅🧚