Instll steam and the zfs_clone_send / zfs_clone_recv scripts.

nix/configuration/roles/zfs/default.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
   ...
 }:
 
+let
+  zfs_clone_send =
+    (pkgs.writeScriptBin "zfs_clone_send" (builtins.readFile ./files/zfs_clone_send.bash)).overrideAttrs
+      (old: {
+        buildCommand = "${old.buildCommand}\n patchShebangs $out";
+
+      });
+  zfs_clone_recv =
+    (pkgs.writeScriptBin "zfs_clone_recv" (builtins.readFile ./files/zfs_clone_recv.bash)).overrideAttrs
+      (old: {
+        buildCommand = "${old.buildCommand}\n patchShebangs $out";
+
+      });
+in
 {
   imports = [ ];
 
@@ -18,4 +32,8 @@
     trim.enable = true;
   };
 
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    zfs_clone_send
+    zfs_clone_recv
+  ];
 }

nix/configuration/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_recv.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# A zfs-send alias that creates a perfect clone with good defaults.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# -s if the stream is interrupted, save the partial stream. The stream can then be resumed by doing a zfs send -t token where token is the receive_resume_token prop on the dataset we received into.
+# -u Do not mount the filesystem we are receiving. We can always mount afterwards but this avoids issues with streams with mountpoints to places like /
+# Can optionally add -F to destroy the dataset in the recv location.
+exec zfs recv -s -u "${@}"
+
+# To delete an interrupted recv, run `zfs receive -A dataset`

nix/configuration/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_send.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# A zfs-send alias that creates a perfect clone with good defaults.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+exec zfs send --compressed --replicate --large-block --embed --verbose --raw "${@}"