diff --git a/system/zfs-periodic/Makefile b/system/zfs-periodic/Makefile
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+# Created by: Peter Ankerstal <peter@pean.org>
+# $FreeBSD: head/sysutils/zfs-periodic/Makefile 407685 2016-02-01 06:27:54Z pi $
+
+PORTNAME=	zfs-periodic
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.20130213
+CATEGORIES=	sysutils
+
+MAINTAINER=	peter@pean.org
+COMMENT=	Simple way of maintaining zfs snapshots using the periodic system
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	ross
+GH_TAGNAME=	a481121
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+NO_BUILD=	yes
+
+PERIODIC_DIRS+=	etc/periodic/hourly
+PERIODIC_DIRS+=	etc/periodic/daily
+PERIODIC_DIRS+=	etc/periodic/weekly
+PERIODIC_DIRS+=	etc/periodic/monthly
+PERIODIC_DIRS+=	etc/periodic
+
+PERIODIC_FILES+= etc/periodic/hourly/000.zfs-snapshot
+PERIODIC_FILES+= etc/periodic/daily/000.zfs-snapshot
+PERIODIC_FILES+= etc/periodic/weekly/000.zfs-snapshot
+PERIODIC_FILES+= etc/periodic/monthly/000.zfs-snapshot
+
+post-patch:
+.for FILE in ${PERIODIC_FILES}
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|/etc/periodic/zfs-snapshot|${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/zfs-snapshot|" \
+		${WRKSRC}/${FILE}
+.endfor
+
+do-install:
+.for DIR in ${PERIODIC_DIRS}
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${DIR}
+.endfor
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/etc/periodic/zfs-snapshot ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/
+
+.for FILE in ${PERIODIC_FILES}
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${FILE} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${FILE}
+.endfor
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/system/zfs-periodic/distinfo b/system/zfs-periodic/distinfo
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+SHA256 (ross-zfs-periodic-1.0.20130213-a481121_GH0.tar.gz) = e0d12bb3ff466e3aaabd09c2b9685b5e5ee5f91e0d62126c05ba33c60a7b9a9b
+SIZE (ross-zfs-periodic-1.0.20130213-a481121_GH0.tar.gz) = 2527
diff --git a/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-descr b/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-descr
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+Scripts that uses the periodic system to create and manage zfs
+snapshots. Easily configured via /etc/periodic.conf
+
+WWW: https://github.com/ross/zfs-periodic
diff --git a/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-message b/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-message
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+[
+{ type: install
+  message: <<EOM
+In order to enable periodic snapshots you need
+to add these lines to your /etc/periodic.conf
+
+hourly_output="root"
+hourly_show_success="NO"
+hourly_show_info="YES"
+hourly_show_badconfig="NO"
+hourly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
+hourly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank"
+hourly_zfs_snapshot_keep=6
+daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
+daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank"
+daily_zfs_snapshot_keep=7
+weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
+weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank"
+weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep=5
+monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
+monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank"
+monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep=2
+
+To get hourly snapshots you also need to add
+something like this to /etc/crontab:
+
+2       *       *       *       *       root    periodic hourly
+EOM
+}
+]
diff --git a/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-plist b/system/zfs-periodic/pkg-plist
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+etc/periodic/daily/000.zfs-snapshot
+etc/periodic/hourly/000.zfs-snapshot
+etc/periodic/monthly/000.zfs-snapshot
+etc/periodic/weekly/000.zfs-snapshot
+etc/periodic/zfs-snapshot
+@dir etc/periodic/daily
+@dir etc/periodic/hourly
+@dir etc/periodic/monthly
+@dir etc/periodic/weekly
+@dir etc/periodic