Simplified point-in-time backup

Life of the Python programmer can be simplified with the pair

monetdbe.backup(backupdir)
monetdbe.restore(backupdir)

Under the hood, it is just a call to the SQL snapshot, but hard to program by a user because you have to invalidate all existing connections and restart the server. Possibly re-connecting as well to avoid that the program to trigger exceptions.

The calling parameters could later be extended with:

filestore="AWS S3 bucket credentials"
timestamped=True  # to extend the file with a timestamp automatically

For :memory: and localdir this should not be a big problem.
A backup/restore of a remote server would be forbidden because you probably don't have access to the file store.