From 6cbc0f60478d809a673b24ce24c627a97a3bf908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cryptoval2 <cvtt@cryptovaltrading.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:20:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix

---
 compress_qcow2.sh | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compress_qcow2.sh b/compress_qcow2.sh
index c6d5ea4..ca07839 100755
--- a/compress_qcow2.sh
+++ b/compress_qcow2.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ mkdir -p ${TmpDir}
 Qcow2Files=$(find ${Qcow2Dir} -type f -name "*.qcow2" -mtime -1 -print)
 echo "Files to compress:"
 echo ${Qcow2Files}
-exit
 
 for file in ${Qcow2Files}
 do 
@@ -53,12 +52,20 @@ do
         echo "Compression is successful. Compression ratio is ${ratio}%"
         rm ${SparseFile}
 
+        ## ***************************************************************************
         ##
-        GuestFile="${ShrunkFile#*.}"
-        GuestFile="${GuestFile%.shrunk}"
-        Cmd="ln -snf ${ShrunkFile} /opt/vm_drive/${GuestFile}"
-        echo ${Cmd}
-        eval ${Cmd}
+        ## Switching symlink will mask latest changes for future backups
+        ## if VM was not restarted.
+        ## This must be done manually before restarting - pick the latest shrunk
+        ## symlink it and restart VM
+        ##
+        ## ***************************************************************************
+
+        # GuestFile="${ShrunkFile#*.}"
+        # GuestFile="${GuestFile%.shrunk}"
+        # Cmd="ln -snf ${ShrunkFile} /opt/vm_drive/${GuestFile}"
+        # echo ${Cmd}
+        # eval ${Cmd}
         ##
         Cmd="chown oleg:oleg ${ShrunkFile}"
         echo ${Cmd}