Let rsync do the hard linking

[software/bacap.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ line for each path to backup in that host. Let's say we want to backup only
 ``/etc`` and ``/home``::
 
        echo /etc > $CONFIG_PATH/$LOCALHOST/paths
 ``/etc`` and ``/home``::
 
        echo /etc > $CONFIG_PATH/$LOCALHOST/paths

-       echo /home > $CONFIG_PATH/$LOCALHOST/paths
+       echo /home >> $CONFIG_PATH/$LOCALHOST/paths

 
 But sometimes there are things there that you don't want to backup, in that
 case you can create a file named ``excludes`` too, and write which paths you
 
 But sometimes there are things there that you don't want to backup, in that
 case you can create a file named ``excludes`` too, and write which paths you


@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ You may want to automate it using *cron*. I will not include a *cron* tutorial
 here, but if you are completely lost, you can add this line to ``/etc/crontab``
 to make a daily backup at 6:30::
 
 here, but if you are completely lost, you can add this line to ``/etc/crontab``
 to make a daily backup at 6:30::
 

-       25 6 * * * root /path/to/bacap
+       30 6 * * * root /path/to/bacap

 
 If you are a Debian_ user, you can also simply install the script in
 ``/etc/cron.daily`` (or make a symlink or something similar) and you are set.
 
 If you are a Debian_ user, you can also simply install the script in
 ``/etc/cron.daily`` (or make a symlink or something similar) and you are set.


@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ for any host, it skips that host.
 A symbolic link is created at the end of the backup, with the name
 ``$BACKUP_PATH/$host/current``, and pointing to the newly created directory.
 
 A symbolic link is created at the end of the backup, with the name
 ``$BACKUP_PATH/$host/current``, and pointing to the newly created directory.
 

+Also, to see what have actually changed between two backups you can run rsync
+with your usual flags plus "-nv --delete". For example if you just use "-a", to
+see the differences between lolaus/2010-07-11 and lolaus/2010-07-12 you can run::
+        rsync -nav --delete lolaus/2010-07-11/ lolaus/2010-07-12/

 
 
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