backup-driver(1)

entry point for cron or inittab to start backups

Section 1 chiark-backup bookworm source

Description

BACKUP-DRIVER

NAME

backup-driver - entry point for cron or inittab to start backups

SYNOPSIS

backup-driver [-test]

DESCRIPTION

‘backup-driver’ is the script to actually run to do a backup. It assumes that it is being run from cron or inittab unless passed the ‘test’ option

OPTIONS

-test

Do not attempt to use backup-bringup to change runlevel. Use this argument when running backup-driver from the command line.

FILES

/etc/chiark-backup/settings.pl

Configuration file for the whole of chiark-backup

AUTHOR

This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> but may be used by anyone.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.