X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/bacap.git/blobdiff_plain/dedf20c261c5ff7f7b081dc1d292c1ce42305114..777f7ddb3be51362f461b37093bda5417f800a38:/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index f14931d..30875a2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 - 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 @@ -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:: - 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. @@ -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. +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/ Similar alternatives